Timeline

  • Sugar Act

    Sugar Act
    The British needed more revenue so they turned to colonies. This increased goods on non-British shipped goods.
  • Quartering Act

    Quartering Act
    Required the Colonists to make their homes into places for soldiers to live in.
  • Stamp Act

    Stamp Act
    The British established taxes on the Colonists for paper, cards, newspapers, pamphlets, legal documents, and dice.
  • Repeal of Stamp Act

    Repeal of Stamp Act
    the outcome of all the protesting got the Stamp act repealed. The resistance to British goods ended.
  • Declaratory Act

    Declaratory Act
    On the same day the stamp act was repealed, the Declaratory Act was placed. This law meant that Britain could make laws in the colonies.
  • Nonimportation

    Nonimportation
    The colonists defied the new taxes, which in return, lowered Britain's sales of their inputs.
  • Townshend Acts

    Townshend Acts
    The British asked Parliament if they could tax paper, lead, tea, paint, and glass. Parliament agreed to establish the Townshend Acts.
  • Massachusetts circulation letter

    Massachusetts circulation letter
    Samuel Adams wrote a letter to parliament which stated the issue of being taxed without any representation.
  • March 5 Boston Massacre

    March 5 Boston Massacre
    British soldiers shot their guns on an aggravated crowd of Colonists. They were put on trial, and were found not guilty. John Adams was the lawyer that saved the soldiers.
  • Townshend Acts were removed

    Townshend Acts were removed
    Parliament was not profiting from taxing the colonies, this was caused by the boycott against British goods. They removed the act except the tax on tea.