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Turning point timeline

  • French and Indian war

    French and Indian war

    French and British fighting over Ohio River Valley.
  • Proclamation

    Proclamation

    The British government restricts the American colonist from moving Appalachian mountains.
  • Sugar Act

    Sugar Act

    British control economic activity in the American colonies by limiting sugar products.
  • Quartering Act

    Quartering Act

    Colonists were required to pay for the housing of soldiers.
  • Stamp Act

    Stamp Act

    This British policy required colonists to purchase stamps for all official paper publications, including letters, newspapers, and magazines.
  • Townshend

    Townshend

    This British policy imposed taxes that colonists had to pay on tea.
  • The Boston Massacre

    The Boston Massacre

    The Boston Massacre was a street fight that occurred mob, stones, and sticks, and a squad of British soldiers Several colonists were killed and this led to a campaign by speech-writers to rouse the ire of the citizenry
  • Tea Act

    Tea Act

    This British act required that colonists were only allowed to purchase tea from the British-owned East India Trading Company.
  • Intolerable Act

    Intolerable Act

    This series of actions by the British government was in direct response to the Boston Tea Party.
  • Quartering Act

    Quartering Act

    This was part of the Intolerable Acts as a response to the Boston Tea Party.