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March 24, 1774

The Intolerable Acts consists of four parts. The Boston Harbor was shut due to the since colonists did not want to pay for the damage.

It also created the Quartering act which allowed British soldiers to stay in private homes and Gage became governor of MA which is when he put Boston under martial laws.

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December 16, 1773

British ships were in the harbor selling tea to colonists, colonists  dressed up as Native Americans in defiance to the Tea Act boarded the ships and dumped the tea into the harbor.

British government responded harshly to the this quickly evolved into the American Revolution.

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March 22, 1765

It was the first internal tax imposed on the colonists by Britain.

Britain was in great debt and was taxing their own people much more, however, the colonists still believed that this tax on paper was unconstitutional.

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April 5, 1764

Also known as the American Revenue Act and the American Duties Act.

The Molasses Act was not effective and Parliament believed if they reduced that tax by half  and enforced it more then the act would be more effective.

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September 5, 1774

Delegates from twelve of the thirteen colonies came together in a meeting to discuss the Intolerable Acts,

The meeting discussed: "an economic boycott of British trade; rights and grievances; and petitioned King George III for redress of those grievances"(Wikipedia).

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May 10, 1773

The Tea Act permitted the British East India Company to have a monopoly in the colonies.

The main reason of doing this was not to make money off the colonies, but rather help the company out since it was vital to the British economy.

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October 7, 1763

The Proclamation outlawed settlement beyond the line of the Appalachian Mountains.

This prevented colonists from settling in the west and the individuals who had bought land there very angry.

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1766

This act of Parliament abolished the Stamp Act and lessened the Sugar Act.

The main reason as to why it was made was because the boycotts were hurting British Trade.

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October 7, 1765

It was a meeting held between October 7 and 25, 1765 in New York City, representatives from the colonies were present.

It was the first gathering of elected representatives to make a unified protest against new British taxation.

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April 19, 1775

The first battle of the American Revolution took place at Lexington and Concord.

At Concord the British appeared to seize illegal firearms and minutemen were killed at the Lexington location.

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June 1767

The Townshend Acts levied taxes on items such as glass, paper, lead, paint and tea in the colonies.

Many colonies viewed this as an abuse of power, thus limiting imports from England.

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Summer of 1765

Founded by Sam Adams, they set up committees of correspondence so that all the colonies were aware of what was going on.

It was formed in the thirteen colonies in order to protect the colonists rights and fight against the taxes.

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June 9, 1772

The Gaspee was a British Customs Schooner that was involved in anti-smuggling operations.

Colonists boarded the ship, looted it, burned it down. This led to the Committees of Correspondence.

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March 5, 1770

It was due to the tension growing in the American colonies since the arrival of the Royal Troops.

The colonists were attacking one guard and back up was then called resulting in the death of five colonists.