Deal Breaker timeline from Plato

1763 – The Treaty of Paris ended the French and Indian War in Europe. The British gained full control of Canada and lands east of the Mississippi River. 1763 – Chief Pontiac and his followers attacked British troops and colonists who had moved westward across the Appalachian Mountains. After much bloodshed, Pontiac was defeated. 1763 – Congress of Augusta ended the French and Indian War in the colonies. Representatives from NC, GA, SC, and VA, chiefs from the Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek, and Cherokee nations, as well as the British Indian superintendent met to negotiate the terms of a peace treaty. 1763 – Great Britain began strict enforcement of the Navigation Acts. 1763 – The Royal Proclamation of 1763 was passed by Parliament. Hoping to keep peace with western Indians, this law prohibited colonists from moving into lands west of the Appalachian Mountains. The Proclamation of 1763 angered colonists who thought western lands belonged to them. Colonists were further angered when Great Britain began enforcing its Navigation Acts. 1764 – The Sugar Act taxed luxury items like molasses, indigo, wine, silk, sugar, and coffee that colonists bought from Britain. 1765 – The Stamp Act was passed by Parliament. This law taxed colonists by requiring them to buy government stamps for newspapers and legal documents. Parliament passed this law to help pay for the cost of stationing British troops in America. The Quartering Act was also passed, which required that colonists provide quarters, or housing, for the troops. 1765 – Stamp Act Congress met in New York to protest Parliament's stamp tax. Claiming that the Stamp Act was "taxation without representation," the Stamp Act Congress urged colonists to boycott British goods. 1766 – Colonial boycott of British trade caused Parliament to repeal the Stamp Act. Immediately afterwards, however, Parliament passed the Declaratory Act, which asserted Parliament's authority to make laws for the colonies "in all cases whatsoever." 1766 – Regulation movement began peacefully. Regulators were westerners (Piedmont) who wanted better regulation (control) of the NC government. They wanted help against corrupt government officials and illegal taxes and fees. 1767 – The Townshend Acts were passed by Parliament. These laws taxed colonial imports of glass, paper, tea, and certain other items. All of the duties, except for the one on tea, were repealed in 1770. 1768 – NC Assembly adopted the Non-Importation Association refusing to buy any British goods on which a duty had to be paid. Gov. Tryon dissolved the Assembly so 64 of the 77 members re-organized as a convention. The legislators then signed the agreement on their own. This was the first legislative body to meet independently in the colonies. 1767-1770 – Building of Tryon Palace in New Bern, NC serving as the governor’s residence and the meeting place of the NC Colonial Assembly. Violence broke out in 1768 when taxes were continually collected for the “palace”. 1770 – The Boston Massacre ended in the death of five colonists. Colonial anger over taxes and stationing of British troops in America were underlying causes of the riot. 1771 – May 16, 1771 Battle of Alamance, the Regulators fought against Governor Tryon and the militia and lost. 1773 – The Boston Tea Party occurred when Sons of Liberty threw a shipment of British tea into Boston Harbor. This action was a protest against the British Tea Act of 1773, which, according to the colonists, was an attempt to impose a tax on tea. 1774 – The Coercive Acts (called the Intolerable Acts by the colonists) were passed by Parliament to punish Boston for the Tea Party. The Coercive Acts included the Administration of Justice Act, the Massachusetts Government Act, and the Boston Port Act. In addition to these three, the colonists also considered the Quebec Act as an Intolerable Act. 1774 – The First Continental Congress met at Philadelphia to protest against the Intolerable Acts. They passed the Declaration of Resolves of the First Continental Congress, which urged colonists to boycott British trade. Richard Caswell, William Hooper, and Joseph Hewes represented NC. 1774 – Committees of Safety were organized in each colony to enforce the boycott. 1774 – October 25, 1774 the Edenton Tea Party was organized by Penelope Barker. Fifty-one women signed an “Association” in the home of Elizabeth King agreeing not to drink any more tea or wear any more British cloth. This was one of the earliest examples of political organizing by women in colonial America.