Events leading to the American revoulution

By thomsonfrye1

  • Treaty of Paris

    War between French and Britain end.Tensions build between colonies and Britain

  • proclomatin of 1763

    Colonist infuriated because they want to explore new lands and the British will not let them.

  • Pontiacs Rebellion

    Led to the proclamation of 1763

  • sugar Act

    Taxes on all sugar products.

  • stamp Act

    Enforces taxes on almost all printed materials

  • Quartering Act

    colonist to house any british troops

  • Sons of Liberty

    Leader of protest and tore down stamp tax collector building.

  • Declaratory Act

    repealed stamp act but asserted parliaments right to rule the colonies as it saw fit

  • Townshend Act

    Tax to be collected on all imported goods

  • Boston Massacre

    Colonist hurled rocks and snowballs at troops and startled them and they fired killing some colonist and the colonist used this as propaganda

  • Tea Act

    Act was not to input new taxes but was asserted so the East India tading Company would not crash

  • Boston Tea Party

    Colonist dump shiploads of tea in to the river.

  • Intolerable Acts

    (Coercive acts) Forced colonist to pay back money for dumped tea, closed harbors, and forced them to house troops.

  • First Continental Congress

    Delegates from evry colony gather to discuss a boycott of all British products

  • Battle at Lexington and Concord

    Revolutionary war begins