Events Leading to the American Revolution

Tax on sugar and other things not from Britain Sugar Act Event Date What Happened Effect/Reaction Proclamation of 1763 Result of French and Indian War British set boundary for western settlement 1764 Colonists thought it unfair Colonists Protested Colonists smuggled goods Quartering Act 1765 Colonists were angered and ignored the law; continued to move west 1763 Tax on sugar and other things not from Britain Sugar Act Colonists felt it violated their rights and should not have to provide for the troops Colonists had to supply shelter to British Soldiers

Boycott and more violence Event Date What Happened Effect/Reaction Stamp Act A tax on printed items/paper goods Tax was collected when you paid for them First Direct Tax Protests organized “Sons of Liberty” Act was repealed 1767 Colonists angry Boycott and more violence Boston Massacre Talk of war begins 1765 Tax on consumer goods like paint, lead, glass, paper & tea Writs of Assistance allowed unlimited search and seizure Townshend Act Colonists pick a fight with soldier at Boston Custom House British fire into colonists, killing 5 1770

Colonist’s felt it interfered with free trade Event Date What Happened Effect/Reaction Committees of Correspondence Organized by Samuel Adams Used to communicate with Colonies about Boston’s grievances 1773 Colonist’s felt it interfered with free trade Boston Tea Party British angry and demanded payment for tea Blockaded Boston Harbor Similar committees form in other colonies 1772 Allowed British East India Company tea to sell tea lower than others. Hurt colonial merchants Tea Act Boston Tea Party Colonists dressed as Indians and dumped tea into the Boston Harbor protesting the Tea Act 1773

First Continental Congress Event Date What Happened Effect/Reaction 1774 Passed to punish Boston for Tea Party Closed Boston Harbor New Quartering Act Passed Legislature disbanded First Continental Congress Britain sent more troops to the colonies Britain arrested colonial leaders 1775 Colonies stored gunpowder in Concord, Mass. British troops sent to confiscate gunpowder Met colonial minutemen at Lexington “Shot heard around the world” Colonists met to protest (First Continental Congress) Colonists began to stockpile weapons Coercive/ Intolerable Acts Reps from the colonies met in Philadelphia Wrote Declaration of Rights Planned boycott and to meet again 1774 Battles of Lexington and Concord Revolutionary War Begins