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3-4 ~ Proclamation of 1763

5-6 ~ The Sugar Act

7-8 ~ The Stamp Act

9-10 ~ The Quartering Act

11-12 ~ The Townshed Acts

13-14 ~ The Boston Massacre

15-16 ~ The Boston Tea Party

17-18 ~ The Intolerable Acts

19-20 ~ First Continental Congress

21-22 ~ Lexington and Concord

23-24 ~ Reflection

Proclamation of 1763 - October 1763

The British wouldn't allow settlers to settle the newly-won land that 

they had fought for during the French and Indian war, because the land 

would be costly to defend. Instead, the settlers had to stay on the East 

side of the Appalachian mountains.

This angered the settlers and was one of the first causes of unease 

between Britain and the colonies, leading to the revolution.

The Sugar Act - April 1764

This act put a three cent tax on foreign refined sugar, and increased 

taxes on coffee, indigo, and certain kinds of wine. It also banned 

importation of rum and French wines.

This was one of the first instances where colonists wanted a say in 

running their own government.

The Stamp Act - March 1765

British needed money after the French and Indian war, so they taxes 

the colonists on most paper goods.

Angered because they thought their freedom had been threatened, the 

Sons and Daughters of Liberty stopped stamped goods from being 

unloaded at docks, and colonists started a boycott against the act.

The Quartering Act - March 1765

This act required colonists to put British soldiers in their homes and 

provide them with fuel, candles, beer, and transportation.

Because of this, the colonists became suspicious that the soldiers were 

to control them, instead of protect them, and they were once again 

angered by Britain passing another act without asking the colonists, 

considering that the colonists would have to pay for the things the 

soldiers would need.

The Townshend Acts- June 1767

Britain organized indirect taxes on the colonists, in hopes that they 

wouldn't even notice.

The colonists, however, did recognize the tax, and saw it unjust that 

Britain had tried to hide it from them, and again, they organized a 

boycott against it.

The Boston Massacre - March 5, 1770

A mob of colonists began to harass British troops. When the situation 

got out of hand, the soldiers opened fire on the colonists.

The citizens called a town meeting and demanded the removal and trial 

of the soldiers for murder. Britain agreed and withdrew the troops.

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