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End of French and Indian War
After the war, Britain was in debt and needed a way to make more money, so they taxed the colonists. The colonists rebelled against Britain, and formed a sense of unity. They settled into the Ohio River Valley, causing conflicts with the Native Americans. -
The Proclamation of 1763
This act made it illegal for colonists to move west of the Appalachian Mountains. The colonists were very upset because they wanted to be able to live wherever they wanted -
The Sugar Act
Britain placed a tax on many everyday items the colonists use, such as molasses, sugar, coffee, etc. The colonists were angry, and responded by protesting, smuggling, and boycotting many goods. -
The Stamp Act
The Stamp Act required colonists to purchase stamps for documents such as contracts, cards, newspapers, etc. The colonists were angry, boycotted many British goods, and petitioned. -
The Quartering Act
This act forced the colonists to house British soldiers, and provide them with anything they needed. The colonists felt that their rights were violated, and protested. -
The Townshend Act
Britain placed a tax on many things that the colonists needed to build the colonies, like glass, lead, paper, pain products, tea, etc. The colonists were still angry and felt that their rights were violated again. -
The Boston Massacre
As a result of the many disliked taxes, the colonists decided to protest. The colonists taunted the British soldiers outside, and eventually someone on the British side fired, even though the captain said to hold fire. 7 were wounded and 5 were killed on both sides. The colonists were very upset that this happened and some colonists decided to write accounts and make engravings of propaganda. They only showed innocent colonists and the British doing bad. -
The Tea Act
This act stated that the tea must be imported directly from the British East India Company that sells the tea. The tea was still taxed and the company decided who could and could not sell tea. This put many colonial merchants out of business, and gave the British a tea monopoly, which means that they could control the market of the tea. The colonists were angered and drove them to dump a mass amount of tea into the Boston Harbor. -
The Boston Tea Party
As a result of the Tea Act, numerous colonists disguised themselves as Native Americans and boarded a ship full of tea crates in the middle of the night. In 3 hours, they dumped all 342 cases(90,000 lbs.) of tea into the Boston Harbor. The British soldiers never knew what happened until the morning. -
The Coercive/Intolerable Acts
After the Boston Tea Party, the British closed the port of Boston Harbor until all the dumped tea was paid for. All colonists' trials were moved to Britain, where there would be no one in their favor. British banned them to move west, which strengthened the Quartering Act. The colonists formed the First Continental Congress to decide what to do next. -
Paul Revere's ride
After discovering the British are going to Concord to seize weapons the colonists have stored there, Paul Revere and Billy Dawes ride to Lexington and Concord to warn that the British were coming. Along the way, Dawes and Revere were captured in Lexington by British, on their way to warn Sam Adams and John Hancock. Sam Prescott continues on to Concord to warn the colonists that the British were coming. Adams and Hancock ordered the minutemen to march to Concord, where the fight began. -
Lexington and Concord
The colonists and British have confronted, and there is no turning back. Nobody knows who did it, but the "shot heard 'round the world" was fired, marking the official beginning the American Revolution.
