UNITED EMPIRE LOYALIST TIME LINE OF EVENTS
Compiled by Richard Atkinson U.E.
| 1713 | – Treaty of Utrecht (Nova Scotia given to Great Britain) |
| 1748 | – Treaty of Aix-la-Chappelle (French gain back territory) Although King George’s War was formally concluded in 1748, the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle that concluded it resembled a truce far more than a treaty of peace. It restored conditions as they had been in 1744. |
| 1756 | – Seven Years War begins (French & Indian Wars 1754-1763). The last of the great Anglo French colonial wars, the French and Indian War eventually became part of the great imperial struggle between Britain and France known as the Seven Years War. |
| 1758 | – French defeated at Louisburg (the French Super Fortress) |
| 1759 | – James Wolfe’s victory at Quebec. Battle of Quebec (Plains of Abraham) |
| 1760 | – Fall of Montreal |
| 1763 | – End of the French & Indian Wars. The “Treaty of Paris” (Canada given to Great Britain) signed ending the war which removed the French threat to the colonies. Britain to receive from France all of Canada and all territory west of the Mississippi River except New Orleans. France to retain some fishing rights in the Gulf of St.Lawrence. Florida was exchanged to the British for Cuba. |
| 1764 | – At the end of the war King George III began to levy taxes on the colonies in the belief that they would be willing to contribute to the cost of protection . The first tax was referred to as the Revenue Act (Sugar Act) which taxed colonial imports and was roundly rejected. |
| 1765 | – Stamp Act becomes law. It required all colonists to affix government stamps to official documents and printed materials. The Stamp Act was so unpopular it was quickly repealed. The colonists met and decided that no tax could be imposed without the consent of those governed. |
| 1767/68 | – Additional taxes were levied on everything from glass to tea which caused anti-taxation furor. British Parliament reaffirms right to tax colonies by passing Declaratory Act. |
| 1770 | – Thousands of British troops stationed in America were found to be supplementing their poor soldier’s wages taking away jobs from the locals. This along with the taxes being levied eventually caused the soldiers and civilians to clash. |
| 1773
Dec. 16th |
– A group of “thinly disguised” rebels took the matter into their own hands and boarded three British ships in Boston harbour and threw the cargo into the ocean. Britain, in retaliation drafted a series of new laws that required the port of Boston to be closed until the tea was repaid along with additional reinforced provisions that would make it legal for British officers to demand food and shelter from the colonists. |
