alex farneth ch 4 timeline

  • Molasses acot of 1733

    failing to raise revenue so a law forbiding any trade with anyone west of the indies
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  • French and indian war

    war fought over land west of the colonys french and idians combined forces to fight the british
  • albany plan of union

    the plan was rejected from the iroquis idians the wanted to stay neutral while the french were going to war
  • Pitts direction and the hiring of german mercenaries

    Pitt laid a successful siege to louisburg the french outpost leading to more victorys against the french
  • Treaty of paris

    marked the officail end of the french and idian war with the french losing all thier land to the west
  • largest idian uprising pontiac

    the indians from several different tribes banned together and fought 3 diffrent british fortresses and won
  • Sugar act

    imposed taxes on coffee and sugar and relieved effort from the molasses act
  • currency act

    barred colonists from printing thier own paper money
  • stamp act

    placed tax on legal documents
  • quatering act

    the colonists had to provide barracks furs and food for british troops
  • declatory act

    legislate for all colonies for the taxes
  • Townshed act

    taxes on cloth glass and paper and tea
  • protest against the townshend act

    represenatives from the colonies denouce the townshend act sent a circular letter
  • the boston tea party

    colonists dressed up as indians and dumped british tea into the harbor
  • intolerable acts

    these acts were meant to punish massachusets and make it an example to all the other colonies
  • quebec act

    dealt with the adminstration that defeated the french objects
  • first continetal congress

    they asked for a immetdate change of to british policy for the intolerable acts
  • lexington and concord

    genral gage his troops through the night to suprise attack the town of lexington
  • battle of bunker hill

    it showed the colonist they could fight the british rule
  • king george declared the third declared the colonies to rebillion

    closed the colonies of trade and american ships to be siezed
  • declaration of independence

    the commitee voted to accept the laws
  • Battle of saratoga

    british defeated at the battle of saratoga inspiring the american colonists
  • the battle of yorktown

    americans won with french help
  • end of revolutionary war

    british sing treaty in paris