Turning Point Timeline

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    French and Indian War

    The French and Indian War was a seven-year war that Britain and the colonists won but at the cost of Britain being put in a lot of Debt.
  • Proclamation of 1763

    Proclamation of 1763
    This didn’t allow the colonist to go west of the Appalachian Mountains which made them mad because the king said they could go anywhere in America
  • Sugar act

    Sugar act
    Britain started to tax sugar and the colonist didn’t like it so they started to boycott Britain’s sugar. Which made Britain mad.
  • Stamp Act

    Stamp Act
    They taxed the colonist for buying any documents which angered them even more
  • Townshend Act

    Townshend Act
    Britain taxed all British goods, the colonist started to boycott, and the daughters of liberty started to make clothing
  • Boston Massacre

    Boston Massacre
    The colonist harassed British soldiers so the Britain soldiers fired but it looked like they fired on the innocent colonist
  • Tea act

    Tea act
    They taxed tea and the colonist could only buy Britain east Indian tea
  • Boston Tea Party

    Boston Tea Party
    Colonists protested by dressing as Indians and dumped chests of tea into the harbor which angered the king*******
  • Intolerable/Coercive acts

    Intolerable/Coercive acts
    Punishment for the Boston tea party and it angered the colonist. They had to house and Feed British soldiers. This angered the colonists even more