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From the years 1754-1763 the French and English were at war over land in the New World. With their Indian allies the French were winning the war for a while, however a man named William Pitt took over parliament and spent a heavy amount of money in the war effort, causing the British to win.

Reaction: Because of this war the colonists now had an organized army. This would come into play later. The British also were in serious debt, causing them to tax the colonies.

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The British Parliament passed a law called The Proclamation of 1763. The proclamation tried to established a western border to prevent settlers from advancing out west.
Reaction: However, this didn’t work because most settlers had already moved out west

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The government of Great Britain needed money to pay for war. Colonists helped pay for the French and Indian war by paying taxes on goods like molasses.

Reaction: Because of this the colonists  feared that Britain might be moving towards seizing power from colonial governments and taking it for their self.

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An Act of the Parliament of Great Britain which imposed a direct tax on the British colonies in America and required that many printed materials in the colonies required a stamp that had to be paid for.

Reaction: Adverse colonial reaction to the Stamp Act ranged from boycotts of British goods to riots and attacks on the tax collectors.

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The Quartering Act of 1764 forced American colonists to provide British Soldiers with food, drinks, housing, fuel, and transportation.

Reaction: Colonists resented this act so much that the third amendment was written specifically because of this law.

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Law passed by the British Parliament giving them the power to govern and tax the colonies. Made it obvious that the British were the government in charge of the colonies, not the colonists.

Colonists became furious with the law, for they thought they were being unfairly taxed. While parliament thought it was a fair way to pay for the French and Indian War.

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The colonists were angry over the extra taxes, and the British were in debt from war they created the Townshend act. This forced colonists to house British soldiers, and gave the soldiers the ability to search houses for smuggled goods.

Reaction: Riotous protest of the Townshend Acts in the colonies often invoked the phrase no taxation without representation. Colonists eventually decided not to import British goods until the act was repealed and to boycott any goods that were imported in violation of their non-importation agreement.

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In Boston in February 1770 a patriot mob attacked British soldiers by throwing snowballs, sticks, and a club at them. The soldiers felt threatened, causing them to fire into the mob and kill 5 colonists.

Reaction: This was a major impact on relations between Britain and the American colonists. Because of this Pail Revere would make a very famous painting of the event, depicting the British as evil and making colonists even more against them.

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The British parliament repealed the Townshend duties on all but tea. Pressure from British merchants was partially responsible for the change

On April 12, 1770, the British government moves to mollify outraged colonists by repealing most of the clauses of the hated Townshend Act. However, this act didn’t repeal the tax on tea, which would lead to the Boston Tea Party.

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King George sent HMS Gaspee to help enforce trade laws and prevent smuggling in Rhode Island. However, the ship got stuck in a sandbar, and a group of Patriots took the crew members captive and burnt the ship.

Reaction: King George sent HMS Gaspee to help enforce trade laws and prevent smuggling in Rhode Island. However, the ship got stuck in a sandbar, and a group of Patriots took the crew members captive and burnt the ship.

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In an effort to save the troubled enterprise, the British Parliament passed the Tea Act in 1773. The act granted the company the right to ship its tea directly to the colonies without first landing it.

The colonists had never accepted the constitutionality of the duty on tea, and boycotted tea. More extreme reactions led to the Boston Tea Party. Where the Founding Fathers dressed up as Native Americans and snuck onto ships carrying tea. Once they were on the ship they dumped all of the tea into the ocean, making the British lose a lot of money.

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As a response to the Boston Tea Party, parliament decided that all trade in Boston Harbor would be shut down until all the tea in the water was paid for. This law also made it so the British could station troops wherever found.

Reaction: All states (except Georgia) sent representatives to Philadelphia to discuss what to do. They came to the conclusion that they should stop trade with Britain until these acts were overturned.

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First continental congress  September-October 1774

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First continental congress  September-October 1774

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The First Continental Congress was a meeting of delegates from 12 of the 13 British colonies that became the United States. It originally met because of the Corvette Acts.

Reactions:The colonists now had their own government. They would use this government again leading up to the war in an attempt to write a peace treaty with the British.

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 Second Congregational Congress/ Olive Branch Petition 1775 March 1

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 Second Congregational Congress/ Olive Branch Petition 1775 March 1

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At this meeting the Congress decided they needed an army to fight the British with. This caused the Continental Army to be formed, they then put George Washington in charge of the army, and decided to form their own currency. At this meeting the Congress also wrote the Olive Branch Petition. This was a letter to the king pledging to him their royalty and their intention for a peaceful resolution.

Reaction: The King did not accept the Olive Branch Petition and the American Revolution began