Events Leading up to the American Revolution

Proclamation of 1763

• Issued on October 7, 1763 by King George III

Boston Tea Party

• Colonists dumped about 2 million lbs of tea
• Some Colonists dressed like Indians to be unknown  
• East India Tea Company in a financial crisis
• British approve the Tea Act, an act that taxes tea

intolerable acts

• Quartering Acts: an act that lets British soldiers live in your house
• Forced tea down colonist's throat
• Colonists had to repay for dumping tea to East India Company
• Colonists tarred and feathered british soldiers, burnt british ships too

Townshend acts

• Named after Charles Townshend(a.k.a. Champange Charlie)
• Passed after the Sugar Act of 1764 was repealed 
• The Townshend Acts were passed in 1767 by the British Parliament  

boston massacre

• Colonists threw snowballs full of rocks
• British Troops killed 5 colonists, injured 6 other
• Happened on March 5, 1770 in Boston
• 8 soldiers, 1 officer, and 4 civilians arrested and charged with murder
• Future president John Adams(1735-1826) defended 8 soldiers, got 2 charged w