2nd Continental Congress
Stamp Act
Proclamation of 1763
Olive Branch Petition
Boston Tea Party
Tea Act
Slogan used by the colonists protest Taxes
Boston Massacre
Sugar Act
1st Continental Congress
Intolerable Act
5 Innocent colony people are killed in an incident involving British soldiers. Crispus Attucks is the first killed.
Tax on paper products. Colonists hold the stamp act congress to discuss how to best deal with this tax.
Sons of liberty in response to the Tea Act dump tons of British tea into the sea at Boston
Lowering the the cost of British tea in order to collect taxes on it from Colonial citizens
12 of the 13 Colonies met for the first time to discuss what to do in Response to British Taxes
Tax on Molasses; Colonies begin to Boycott
Sent the Olive Branch Created the Continental Army Selected George Washington to lead the Army Wrote the Declaration of Ind.
Last chance at Peace with England. Sent from the Second Con. Congress
No Taxation without representation
British response to the Boston tea party. It closed the port of Boston and reinstated the Quartering Act.
Stated no one was allowed to move out past the Appalachian Mountains. Angered the Colonists
