The British Parliament passes the Coercive Acts, often called the Intolerable Acts in America. This represents an important move toward cooperation, mutual action, and the development of a national identity among Americans.īritain Tries to Intimidate Massachusetts March to June, 1774 Learn more about Boston National Historical Park Committees of Correspondence Established Spring 1772Ĭommittees of Correspondence are established throughout the colonies to coordinate American response to British colonial policy. Radicals will call it the Boston Massacre, while the British will call it the incident on King Street. One clash between soldiers and a mob in March 1770 will leave five dead.
The troops' presence doesn't sit well with locals and leads to street fights. A successful American campaign to have the act repealed will give Americans confidence that they can avoid future taxes as well.īritish Troops Occupy Boston October 1768īritish troops land in Boston to enforce the Townshend duties (taxes on paint, paper, tea, etc., passed in June 1767) and clamp down on local radicals. This is the first direct tax on the American colonists and is hotly resisted. Learn more about Fort Necessity National Battlefield Passage of the Stamp Act March 22, 1765īritain passes the Stamp Act, imposing a tax on legal documents, newspapers, even playing cards. The costs of the war and maintaining an army will lead the British government to impose new taxes on its colonists, with world-shaking results. This ends a source of insecurity for the British colonists along the Atlantic Coast. France surrenders all of its North American possessions east of the Mississippi to Britain. The Treaty of Paris ends the Seven Years War (French and Indian War).
Lead-in To War: 1763 to 1774 End of the Seven Years War February 10, 1763
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