Taxes and Trade
Trouble in Boston
Geography and Boundaries
First Continental Congress
The Timeline
100

This 1773 Act gave the British East India Company a monopoly on a popular drink.

The tea act

100

The group organized the Boston Tea Party

The Sons of Liberty

100

The Proclamation of 1763 banned settlement west of this mountain range.

The Appalachian Mountains

100

The Congress met in 1774 specifically to demand the repeal of these laws.

The intolerable acts

100

This 1763 treaty officially ended the French and Indian War.

The treaty of Paris 

200

This 1765 Act placed a direct tax on all paper goods like newspapers and legal documents.T

The stamp act

200

Paul Revere created a famous image depicting this event...

The Boston Massacre 

200

After 1763, this river became the western boundary of British territory in North America.

The Mississippi River

200

This group of local militia members was called to begin training for a possible fight.

Minutemen/ Militias 

200

This 1754 meeting with not every colony attended 

Albany Congress 

300

Many colonists did this illegal activity to get cheaper goods and avoid paying British taxes

Smuggling 

300

John Adams defended British soldiers in court because he believed the law should not be based on this

Mob Justice 

300

The land west of the Appalachians was officially reserved for this group of people.

Native Americans 

300

The Congress declared that colonies had a right to do these two things for themselves

Tax and govern themselves 

300

The British "Turned the Tide" of the Seven Years' War in this specific year.

1758

400

This 1764 Act was one of the first passed to help Britain pay off its massive war debts.

The sugar act

400

These acts closed Boston Harbor and forced colonists to house British soldiers.

The intolerable acts 

400

These were located along the Atlantic Coast and were settled in

The 13 colonies 

400

This document stated that colonists were still loyal to the King but had their rights violated.

The declaration of rights 

400

This major battle occurred in 1759, leading to the eventual fall of Canada.

The battle of Quebec 

500

Colonial leaders created these groups to share information and warnings between colonies

Committees of correspondence 

500

This 1772 affair involved colonists burning a British customs ship.

The Gaspee Affair 

500

This law strengthened the requirement for colonists to host and supply soldiers in their homes.

The Quartering Act

500

The First Continental Congress agreed to do this immediate action to help the people of Boston

They sent supplies and food

500

The fall of this city in 1760 signaled the end of French power in the colonies.

Montreal

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