Road to Revolution Timeline

Road to the Revolution Timeline

By: Nicole Serpico

Period 2

The Tea Act

The Stamp Act

The Quebec Act

The Sugar Act

(1773)

(1774)

(Early 1765)

(1764)

The Sugar Act was created in an effort to impose new taxes, and stop smuggling. The act put an import tax on several different products, and called for harsh punishment of smugglers. Colonial merchants protested the act, but it was never repealed.

The Quebec Act was also created to make examples of the people in Boston and Massachusetts. The act set up a government for the territory taken from France is 1763, it claimed the land between the Ohio and Missouri rivers as part of Canada, and gave Quebec new boundaries which took away the western lands claimed by several colonies and blocked colonists from moving west. The colonists reacted to this in joint with the Intolerable Acts, so continuing off the protesting described in the last slide, the colonists also armed and formed militia units, called minutemen, this eventually led to Lexington and Concord.

The Tea Act was created to help one of Britain's most important companies, The British East India Company. The act allowed the British East India Company to ship directly to the colonies. Colonial merchants' business was hurt by the monopoly, so they protested; most of the tea from the East India Company was not unloaded, but tea was going to be unloaded in Boston against colonists' wishes; protests against the unloading eventually led to the Boston Tea Party.

The Stamp Act was created as another way to raise taxes. The act required that all colonists buy special tax stamps for all kinds of products and activities. The act was eventually repealed after merchants in the colonies boycotted British products, and nine colonies sent a petition to the King and Parliament.

1767

1774

1765

1775

1760

The Intolerable Acts

The Townshend Acts

The Proclamation of 1763

The Quartering Act

(1763)

(1774)

(1765)

(1767)

The Proclamation of 1763 was created to avoid more wars with the Native Americans, it said that no settlers were allowed to move west of the Appalachian Mountains, and that all those already west had to move back east. The proclamation was never repealed, but the colonists ignored it because the British couldn't enforce it.

The Intolerable Acts were created to make examples of the people in Boston and Massachusetts. The Intolerable Acts were four extremely harsh acts, one closed the port of Boston, two increased the powers of the royal governor, and abolished the Massachusetts Legislature, and the fourth strengthened the 1765 Quartering Act. There was huge uproar about these acts, other colonies tried to help the people of Boston by sending them food and other supplies; the Committee of Correspondence met and demanded the acts repealed, and declared that the colonies had the right to tax and govern themselves; the colonies also called for militia training and a boycott of british goods.

The Quartering Act was created to save money by creating a cheaper alternative for housing troops in the colonies. The act required colonists to house British troops, and to provide them with food and other supplies. Colonists angrily protested this act and complained that Parliament was violating their rights, but the act was not repealed.

The Townshend Acts were created to try and find a way to tax the colonists without angering them. The acts taxed products brought to the colonies, and allowed officers and officials to use Writs of Assistance, which allowed them to make searches without saying what they were searching for. The colonists reacted to this act by boycotting british goods, and protesting against soldiers, which led to the Boston Massacre; the acts were repealed by parliament, all except for the one on tea.