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Jessica Hudson
1763-1776
1763
Pontiac’s Rebellion: multiple Indian tribes came together under Pontiac to rebel against British
Proclamation Line of 1763: Limited white settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains
Treaty of Paris: ended the Great War for Empire, a war in Europe in which British fought
Paxton Boys massacre: a group of Scots-Irish men living on western frontier (called Paxton Boys) killed
twenty of Conestoga tribe, a peaceful one
1764
Currency Act of 1764: banned paper money in America
Sugar Act of 1764: replaces Molasses Act of 1733; raised price of French molasses, encouraged colonists
to buy products from England, hurt those who thrived off importing cheap molasses
1765
Stamp Act of 1765: direct tax put on printed documents
Quartering Act: required colonists provide food and shelter for British troops
First American boycott of British goods
1766
Stamp Act repealed
Declaratory Act passed
1767
Townshend Act of 1767: meant to raise money from colonists
Revenue Act of 1767: meant to “strengthen imperial power”
New Yorkers refused to comply by Quartering Act, etc., ends in Restraining Act (New York assemblies
suspended)
1768
Second American boycott: British goods boycotted in NY, MA; spreads to VA, PA
development of Daughters of Liberty (women take part in boycott, make own cloth, etc.)
1769
British army occupies Boston
1770
Partial repeal of Townshend Act
Boston “Massacre”: seven civilians killed; intensified by colonist reporters, political cartoonists to gain
resistance to British
1773
Tea Act: gave East India Company government loan, making English tea cheaper than smuggled tea from
the Netherlands
Boston Tea Party: December 16, 1773: artisans and laborers tired of being taken out of economy, dressed
up as Indians and threw 342 tea chests into harbor (about $900,000 today)
1774
Coercive Acts: passed by Parliament, made MA pay for the tea wasted (closed Boston Harbor to shipping,
suspended town meetings, new Quartering Act)
Justice Act: allowed trials to be moved to other colonies and Britain
Quebec Act: Roman Catholicism allowed in Quebec
First Continental Congress (September, Philidelphia): Declaration of Rights and Grievances passed, asked
for King to repeal Coercive Acts; decided to stop accepting British goods in December 1774, if by
September of 1775 Parliament hadn’t repealed acts, vowed to stop exports to Britain and affiliates
1775
Second Continental Congress: created a Continental army
1776
Thomas Paine’s Common Sense published, rapidly gains popularity, mocked British government
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Declaration of Independence: signed on July 4, 1776; written by Thomas Jefferson, who established the
new nation’s political views