proclomation of 1763

1763

sugar act

1764

stamp act

1765

quartering act

1765

townshend acts

1767

boston massacre

1770

boston tea party

1773

tea act

1773

intolerable acts

1774

lexington and concord

1775

proclomation of 1763

colonists could not move west of the appalacian mountains.

sugar act

tax on sugar and molasses to pay britains war debt

stamp act

tax on printed goods (news papers,cards etc.)

quartering act

colonists must house and feed british soldiers

townshend acts

tax on glass paint paper and tea

boston massacre

5 colonists killed by british soldiers

tea act

allowed british east india company to sell tea cheaper but with a tax

boston tea party

patriots disguised as natives dumped tea into harbor.

intolerable acts

punished boston closed harbor limited town meetings

patriots

wanted independance opposed taxes fought for liberty

loyalists

stayed loyal to britain believed laws/taxes were fair.

lexington and concord

was the spark that began the american revolution.