Great Britain Makes New
Soldiers Stay, Colonists
France Surrenders!!
After 10 years at war over
disputed land, France gives
up. Great Britain gains land
but increases debt.!
Great Britain Attempts
to Pay off War Debt!
GB passes a law that taxes
all paper goods, colonists are
outraged to the point of
attacking tax collectors,
boycotting British goods, and
holding secret meetings.!
Law, Colonists Angered!
After colonists move west,
they get attacked by Indians.
Great Britain tries to protect
them by giving the Indians
land west of the Appalachian
mountains and prohibiting
colonists to settle there.!
Haven’t the British
Learned?!
GB passes another law
taxing common items
including lead, glass, paint,
paper, and tea, once again
causing the colonists to
boycott.!
Pay the Bill!
Great Britain keeps soldiers
in the colonies to protect
and control them and passes
a law saying the colonists
have to house and feed
them.!
Fist-Fight Turned
Massacre in Boston!
After continuous torment
from Bostonians to British
soldiers, a fight breaks out,
troops fire guns, and 5 men
die. The colonists form a
secret committee.!
 Great Britain Responds! Great Britain Bullies the
To save face and show that
A Harbor Full of Tea! Colonies!
they could control the
In protest to a law on tea To show that they can force
colonies, Great Britain
being passed without their colonists to obey their laws,
closes Boston Harbor,
consent, Bostonians dump Great Britain passes many
causing workers to lose jobs
tea into the Boston Harbor.! harsh laws. Colonists cannot
and not allow food to come
into Boston.! “tolerate” these laws.!

Secret Meeting!
Fed up with the Intolerable
Acts and the Boston Port
Act, representatives from
almost every colony meet in
secret to discuss complaints
against Great Britain.!
French and Proclamation Quartering
Indian War! of 1763! Act!

Townshend Boston
Stamp Act!
Acts! Massacre!
Boston Tea Boston Port Intolerable
Party! Act! Acts!

First
Continental
Congress!