The Problem of Empire Time Line
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Updated: 14 Sep 2023
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Created byLawson Tompkins
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Proclamation of 1763
On October 7, 1763
King George III told
the colonists that they
could not settle in the
Appalachian Mountains.Sugar Act
In April of 1765
Britian installed this
act to keep people
smuggling sugar and
kept them paying taxes.Stamp Act (Febuary 2, 1765)
For Britain to repay
their war debt, they
made the colonists
purchase a stamp with
everything they
purchased. This
required them paying
a kind of tax.Townshend Act
On June 26, 1767,
Charles Townshend
created an act that
placed a tax on tea,
glass, paint, lead,
and paper.Boston Massacre
On March 5, 1770
British troops and
colonists fought
resulting in five
colonists being killed.Tea Act
On May 20, 1773, the
British changed the
Townshend Act, but
kept taxing the tea.
This was called the Tea
Act.Boston Tea Party
On December 16, 1773,
many Colonists dressed
up as Indians and dumped
90,000 pounds of tea into
the Boston Harbor.Intolerable Acts
(March 18, 1774)
This is known as how
Britian reacted to the
Boston tea party.
They shut down the
harbor untilb the colonists
could pay for the tea.Battles at Lexington and Concord
Starting on April 19, 1775, General Gage
from Britian ordered a surprise attack to
get weapons back from the colonists.
This is where the British realized the
colonists were going to fightTomas Paine published Common Sense
On January 1, 1776, Tomas Paine
published Common Sense for a call
of independence from the British.Periods
French and Indian War:
(April 4, 1754-Febuary 10,1763)
Also known as the 7-year war, It
was fought between the French
and Great Britian. It was a fight
over land west of the Appalacian
Mountains. The winners were the
British and the Treaty of Paris was
signed.
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