TRTI

  • George the third Becomes king

  • The Stamp Act

    The Stamp act was the parliaments attempt to raise tax through paper products, American colonists responded to Parliament's acts with organized protest.
  • Stamp act congress meets in new york

  • Parliament Passes the Townshend Acts

    Raised Taxes on glass, lead, paint, paper, and tea, responded to the act by forming a secret resistance group called the Sons of Liberty. They harassed customs workers and stamp agents
  • The Boston Massacre

    A fight between British troops and a crowd in Boston. After provocation by the colonists, British soldiers fired on the mob and killed five men
  • The Boston Tea Party

    It was an act of protest,342 chests of tea belonging to the British East India Company were thrown from ships into Boston Harbor.
  • The Coercive Acts

    laws were meant to punish the Massachusetts colonists for their defiance in the Tea Party protest,
    The Intolerable Acts.
    Boston Port Act.
    Administration of Justice Act.
    Massachusetts Government Act.
    Quartering Act.
    Quebec Act.
    Colonists responded to the Intolerable Acts with a show of unity.
  • First continental congress meets in Philadelphia

  • The Olive Branch Petition

    the last attempt to prevent the war The Petition emphasized their loyalty to the British crown and emphasized their rights as British citizens.
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    2nd Congress meets in Philadelphia

  • First shots of the Revoluiton

    The first shots were fired just after dawn in Lexington
  • The Adoption of the declaration of Independence

    It was an official act taken by all 13 American colonies in declaring independence from British rule and stating the rights of its people such as God made all men equal and gave them the rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
  • The Adoption of the Articles of Confederation

  • The Treaty of Paris was Signed