1. Pre-Revolutionary Events

2. Proclamation Line of 1763
Sugar Act 1764
Tax on molasses (important triangle trade)

3. 3. Stamp Act 1765
Placed a tax on legal documents like wills, diplomas, marriage license, death certificates
“No taxation without Representation!!”
Sent petition to King… they were ignored
Started to boycott (refused to buy goods)
Finally, Parliament repealed (did away with)

4. 4. Townsend Acts 1767
Tax on glass, paper, paint, lead & tea!!!!

5. 5. Boston Massacre – March 5, 1770
Lobsterbacks (aka Redcoats aka British soldiers) fired into crowd of angry colonists
Crispus Attucks-> 1st person to die (African-American)
Paul Revere paints -> Bloody Massacre

7. 6. Tea Act 1773
Tax put on tea, hurt merchants and colonist protest and leads to…
Boston Tea Party – November 1773

9. 7. Intolerable Acts - closed the port to Boston - Massachusetts forbidden to hold town meetings - criminals tried in other places (Canada) - Quartering Act