Events leading up to the American revolution
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Updated: 23 Oct 2017
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The 13 colonies stretched
along the east coast of
North America.The Treaty of Paris
ends the French and
Indian war, the British
continue to fight a number
of Indian rebellions.The proclamation of 1763
is signed forbidding
settlement west of the
Appalachian Mountains.Greenville acts pass parliament.
This includes a number of acts
aimed at raising revenue to pay for
the French and Indian War.The currency act passes
parliament, prohibiting
the colonies from issuing
legal tender paper money.Boston town meeting
protesting the Greenville
measures.Massachusetts house
of representatives creates
a committee of Correspondence
to communicate with the other
colonies about their grievances.The Stamp Act
passes parliament.The Quartering Act
goes into effect in the colonies.The Stamp Act goes
into effect and all
business is basically
stopped as colonists
refuse to use the stamps.Benjamin Franklin testifies before
Parliament about the Stamp Act
and warns that if the military is
used to enforce it, this could
lead to open rebellion.The Stamp Act is repealed
but the Declaratory act is passed.The New York Assembly
continues to fight against
the Quartering act, refusing
to allocate any funds for
housing the soldiers.Townshend Act passes
parliament introducing a
number of external taxes
including duties on items
like paper, glass, and tea.Boston decides to reinstate
nonimportation of British
goods in response to the
Townshend Acts.Samuel Adams sends a
letter with the approval
of the Massachusetts
Assembly arguing against
Townshend Acts.An increasing number of
legislative assemblies
support Samuel Adam's letter.After a confrontation over
Customs violations John Hancock's
ship Liberty is seized in Boston.British warships arrive
to help support the customs
officials in Boston Harbor.Two British regiments arrive
in Boston to maintain order
and enforce customs laws.A growing number of key merchants
support nonimportation of goods
listed in the Townshend Acts.George Washington presents
nonimportation resolutions to
the Virginia House of Burgesses.Boston Massacre occurs
killing five colonists and
injuring six.English crown partially repeals
the Townshend Acts except
for the duties on tea.Virginia becomes the last colony
to abandon the nonimportation
pact after the repeal of the
Townshend Acts.The British customs vessel
Gaspee is attacked off the
coast of Rhode Island.The English crown offers a
reward for the capture of those
who burnt the Gaspee.The Tea Act goes into effect,
retaining the import tax on tea
and giving the East India Company
the ability to undersell colonial
merchants.The Boston Tea Party occurs,
men disguised as Native Americans
boarded three ships and dumped
342 crates of tea overboard.All colonies except North Carolina
and Pennsylvania have created
committees of correspondence.The Coercive Acts pass parliament.General Thomas Gage, the commander
of all British forces in the American
colonies, arrives in Boston with four
regiments of troops.Additional Coercive Acts are passed.Virginia House of Burgesses is dissolved.A more onerous Quartering Act is passed.The First Continental Congress
meets with 56 delegates in
Carpenters Hall in Philadelphia.The First Continental Congress
adopts a Declaration and Resolves
against the Coercive Acts, the Quebec Acts,
and the Quartering of troops.A Continental Association is
adopted to coordinate
nonimportation policies.Thomas Paine moves to America.Massachusetts militiamen
attack the British arsenal at Fort
William and Mary in Portsmouth.The Declarations and Resolves
are presented to parliament.Massachusetts is
declared in a
state of rebellion.Parliament accepts a
conciliatory plan, removing
many of the taxes and other
issues brought up by the colonists.Patrick Henry gives his famous
"Give me liberty or give me death,"
speech at the Virginia Convention.The crown passes the New England
Restraining Act that does not allow
for trade with countries other
than England and bans fishing
in the North Atlantic.The beginning of the American
Revolution started with the
Battles of Lexington and Concord
which started with the British heading
to destroy a colonial arms depot in
Concord Massachusetts.John Locke was an important
influence that shaped the founding
of the United States. He wrote that
the duty of the government, is to
protect the natural rights of the
people, which are life, liberty, and property.Thomas Hobbes was one of the first
philosophes. He published levithan which
stated, that people are incapable of ruling
themselves. He believed this because
humans are self centered.Montesquieu suggested a separation
of powers into branches of government
so that no branch can threaten the
freedom of the people. His ideas about
separation of powers became part of today's
basis for the united states constitution.
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