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part of debt incurred during French and Indian
war. Colonial assemblies refuse. Parliament as
serts right to tax colonies Issue Of taxation
without representation" raised.
1853 Parliament passes "Quartering Act" re-
quirng colonies to supply quarters for British
army Of defense STAMP Act" putting tax on
newspapers. and legal documents. Stamp Act
Congress issues declaration of rights
1766-Repeal Of STAMP Act" "Decaratory
Act maintains right to tax.
1767-Townsend, British chancellor Of exchequer
brings in bill for taxes on tea glass; wine. OIL
paper, lead, etc.
176S-Non-importation agreement adopted by
Boston and spreads to other colonies Massa-
chusetts legislature dissolved by George III. Brit
ish soldiers quartered in Boston.
1769-Lord North repeats all taxes except
tea, retained for sake of principle.
1773-"Commttees of Correspondence formed
to enable colonies to keep in touch Boston
Tea Party"
1T74E"Boston Port Bill closing Boston to
shipping and removing seat Of government to
Salem. General Gage. commander OF British SOL
ders in Boston, made governor of Massachusetts.
Regulating Act" remodeling charter Of Massa-
chusetts. ''Quartering Act Quebec Act" First
Continental Congress at Philadelphia. Massa-
chusetts Provincial Congress meets and calls for
1900 minute Men,
1775-Parliament declares Massachusetts to be
IN state of rebellion. Armed clash at Lexington
and Concord begins hostilities. Capture of Ticon-
deroga and Crown Point. Battle of Bunker Hill.
siege of Boston. Canadian expedition under
Montgomery Second Continental Congress at
Philadelphia votes to raise army of 10000 and
chooses George Washington commanderin-chief.
1776-Evacuation Of Boston by British, accom-
named by 1900 loyalists. Repulse of British fleet
and army at Charleston s. c. Battle OF Long
Island and occupation of New York by British.
Battle Of Trenton Continental Congress pro-
ydes for the establishment OF state governments
and state conventions adopt constitutions. Con-
press adopts Declaration of Independence
The most casual glance at this skeleton chro-
noloey shows II to be literally loaded to the muz-
zle with the eighteenth century equivalent of po-
ut,cal and economic INT. The American Reyo-
lution was inevitable sooner or later The mar
vol IS not that it came but that out Of the condi.
tons grew a nation.
What chaos It was! The title to the colonies
was not. in the people Of England or in the state,
Mr. IN the crown. The crown could make and re-
neal laws; could appoint rulers and remove them
Tho colonists were not citizens of the realm but
Subjects Of the crown having only such rights as
Granted them i'm their charters. The crown
,aimed and exercised the right to amend or revoke
these charters Such rights and no more did the
American colonists have, according to the view of
the marty in England which stood for legal and
constitutional prerogatives Of the crown. These
s,aims Of the crown were resisted by every col
INV as incompatible with its essential rights and
~ the anti-prerogatve party IN England
Of ths thirteen colonies seven were royal col
onies three charter and three proprietary col
onies Each colony was related to the others only
through the crown. All the conditions tended
thor m intercolonia hate than love. Find the
.ausas that drove the colonies together and there
ro tho causes of the Revolution
George III was stickler for the kings pre-
rocatves One OF his first acts In relation TO the
oo,onies was TO revive the navigation and trade
laws which had been only nominally enforced for
4 century As matter OF faci az .he COLONIES
- tachnica,lv smugglers in that their evasion
80 ,hase laws gave them practically free trade.