Pathway to the War of Independence

PATHWAY TO THE WAR OF INDEPENDENCE 1763-1776 British or Colonial British Rationale/Response Colonial Action Colonial Rationale Action

Proclamation of 1763

Navigation Acts

1650-1776

Writs of Assistance 1763

Sugar Act of 1763 Currency Act of 1764

Stamp Act of 1765

Declaratory Act of 1766

Townshend Duties of 1766 Quartering Act of 1768

Tea Act of 1770

Boston Massacre March 1770

Committees of Correspondence (Founder) 1770-1772 The Gaspee Affair 1772 Boston Tea Party December 1773 (Name participants)

Coercive or Intolerable Acts in . Jan. 1774 1. Boston Port Act 2. MA Gov. Act 3. Admin. Of Justice Act 4. New Quartering Act

Quebec Act 1774 1st Continental Congress Sept.-Oct. 1774

Lexington and Concord, April 19, 1775 Bunker Hill June 1775

2nd Continental Congress May 1775

Olive Branch Petition July 1775

Prohibitory Act August 1775

Common Sense January 1776

Declaration of Independence July 1776