Contenu connexe Similaire à Causes of-american-revolution3935 (20) Causes of-american-revolution39353. Stirrings of Rebellion
British Action
Colonial Reaction
1765
Stamp Act
1767
Townshend Acts
1770
Boston Massacre
1773
Tea Act
1774
Intolerable Acts
1775
Lexington & Concord
6. Britain passes the Stamp Act, a tax law
requiring colonist to purchase special
stamped paper for printed items.
7. Reaction to the Stamp Act
Colonist harass stamp distributors, boycott
British goods, and prepare a Declaration of
Rights and Grievances
10. Reaction to Townshend Acts
Colonist protest
“taxation without
representation” and
organize new
boycott of
Imported goods
12. The Boston Massacre 1770
British troops
stationed in
Boston are
taunted by an
angry mob. The
troops fire into
the crowd,
killing five men
15. The Tea Act 1773
British action
Britain gives the East India
company special concessions
in the colonial tea business
and shuts out colonial tea
merchants
16. Reaction to the Tea Act
British Action
Colonist in Boston rebel, dumping 15,000 pounds of
East India Company tea into Boston Harbor
18. 1774 Intolerable Acts
• King George tightens control
over Massachusetts by closing
Boston Harbor and Quartering
Troops.