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1754 – 1763
The French and Indian War began in 1754 and ended with the Treaty of Paris in 1763. -
The Proclamation Line of 1763 was a British-made boundary marking the Appalachian Mountains at the Eastern Continental Divide. -
Sugar Act, also called Plantation Act or Revenue Act, (1764), in U.S. colonial history, British legislation aimed at ending the smuggling trade in sugar. I think this is the turning point because it's the first act out of all of them so this is the first time the colonists protest the first time they raged and outlasted but could do nothing and that caused them a lot of pressure so I think the Boston massacre was a result of all of this. -
Sugar Act, also called Plantation Act or Revenue Act, (1764), in U.S. colonial history, British legislation aimed at ending the smuggling trade in sugar. -
The Boston Massacre was a confrontation on March 5, 1770, in which British soldiers shot and killed several people while being harassed by a mob in Boston. The event was heavily publicized by leading Patriots such as Paul Revere and Samuel Adams. -
punitive laws that were passed by the British Parliament in 1774 after the Boston Tea Party. -
The battles of Lexington and Concord were the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War. The battles were fought on April 19, 1775, in Middlesex County -
The Olive Branch Petition was a final attempt by the colonists to avoid going to war with Britain during the American Revolution.