Path to Revolution

PATH TO REVOLUTION 1763Treaty of Paris - end of 7 Years War Proclamation of 1763 prevents westward expansion Tension begins 1764Sugar Act passed (indirect/external tax) Parliament attempts to enforce all trade laws (Navigation Act) to end smuggling and corruption 1765Stamp Act passed (1st direct tax) Colonists send petitions, hold meetings, resistance groups form, tax collectors are attacked, there is rioting and people ignore the law 1766Stamp Act repealed 1767Townshend Acts (an external tax on items like …

…profit and Parliament gets to uphold the principle of their right to tax. The colonists see it as a trick to lull them into submitting to being taxed. So -> The Boston Tea Party Because of mob violence no tea ships can unload except under military protection. A group of colonists in disguise board the Dartmouth and destroy the cargo This is outright rebellion and an open challenge to British authority 1774The Coercive Acts