Treaty of Paris ends the 7 years war; Proclimation of 1763 forbids white settlement west of the Appalachian mountains
1764
Sugar Act levies new trade duties on coffe, sugar, and wine; Currency Act prohibits colonial governments from issuing paper money and requires all debts to be paid in hard money
1765
Stamp Act requires stamps be affixed to over fifty items where tax is imposed
1766
Parliament repeals the stamp act but asserts its authority to tax the colonies in the declaratory act
1767
Townshind duties act imposes taxes on imported glass, lead, paint, paper and tea to defray the cost of colonial administration
1768
British troops order to Boston colonists begin to mount a trade boycott to protest the townshind duties
1770
Boston Massacre leaves 5 dead and others wounded
1772
Rhode Island colonists attack and burn british naval vessel Gaspee
1773
Tea Act allows the east indian company to sell tea directly to American retailers; Boston tea party occurs when a band of indians boards 3 British vessels and dumps 342 chests of tea into Boston harbor
1774
Coercive Acts close the port of Boston; Quebec Act expands the boundaries of Quebec to the Mississippi and Ohio rivers; First continental congress meeting in Philidelphia protest oppresive parliamentary legislation votes to boycott trade with Britian
