Proclamation of 1763

1
Proclamation of 1763

• British said colonists could not settle in the
  Ohio Valley.

2
Sugar Act (1764)

• Taxes on sugar and molasses

3
Stamp Act (1765)

• Colonists must buy stamps for all printed
  material.

4
Quartering Act (1765)

• British soldiers must be given food and housing
  in colonies.

5
Declaratory Act (1767)

• Parliament ended the Stamp and Sugar Acts but
  said it had the right to tax the colonies.

6
Townshend Acts (1767)

• Taxes on paint, glass, lead, paper, and tea.

7
Boston Massacre (1770)

• A snowball fight leads to British soldiers
  shooting five Americans.

8
Tea Act (1773)

• Tax on tea

9
Boston Tea Party (1773)

• Colonists dump TEA into Boston Harbor

10
Intolerable Acts (1774)

• The British passed laws to punish Boston for the
  Boston Tea Party. They closed Boston Harbor.

11
First Continental Congress
(1774)

• Delegates from 12 colonies meet and send a letter
  to King George.

12
Lexington and Concord (1775)

• The American Revolution Begins!!!!