{"id":308,"date":"2019-12-13T11:47:23","date_gmt":"2019-12-13T11:47:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mission-us.org\/teach\/educators-timeline-of-historical-events-before-during-and-after-mission-1-for-crown-or-colony\/"},"modified":"2020-03-26T18:09:50","modified_gmt":"2020-03-26T18:09:50","slug":"educators-timeline-of-historical-events-before-during-and-after-mission-1-for-crown-or-colony","status":"publish","type":"teach","link":"https:\/\/www.mission-us.org\/teach\/for-crown-or-colony-archive\/historical-background\/educators-timeline-of-historical-events-before-during-and-after-mission-1-for-crown-or-colony\/","title":{"rendered":"Educator\u2019s Timeline of Historical Events Before, During, and After Mission 1: &#8220;For Crown or Colony&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"block-teach-content mt-2 mb-3 ml-lg-4\">\n  <div class=\"d-flex align-items-center btn-container mb-2 pb-2 border-bottom-blue\">\n    <h2 class=\"title-sm-sans text-normal mb-0 mr-auto\">Educator\u2019s Timeline of Historical Events Before, During, and After Mission 1: &#8220;For Crown or Colony&#8221;<\/h2>\n              <div class=\"btn-wrapper\">\n                  <a href=\"https:\/\/assets.mission-us.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/26174859\/teachers-timeline.pdf\" class=\"btn btn-sm btn-outline-primary mr-1\">PDF<\/a>\n                          <a href=\"https:\/\/assets.mission-us.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/26174859\/teachers-timeline.doc\" class=\"btn btn-sm btn-outline-primary\">DOC<\/a>\n                      <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"default-content\">\n      <p><strong>June 29, 1767<\/strong>\u2014Parliament enacts the Townshend Acts (or Townshend Duties), which impose taxes on paper, paints, glass, and tea. Colonists angry at \u201ctaxation without representation\u201d boycott these British goods and harass the customs officials charged with enforcement of the duties.<br \/>\n<strong>October 1, 1768\u2014<\/strong>a troop of British soldiers arrive in Boston to maintain public peace and order, as well as enforce British tax laws. Many colonists in Boston treat the solders as though they are an invading army, and regularly harass them.<br \/>\n<strong>February 22, 1770\u2014<\/strong>When a group of colonists protests at the home of Loyalist Ebenezer Richardson, a small riot breaks out and Richardson fires into the crowd, wounding an eleven year-old boy named Christopher Seider. Seider dies later that evening.<br \/>\n<strong>February 26, 1770\u2014<\/strong>Christopher Seider\u2019s funeral. Seider is proclaimed a martyr for liberty and a victim of tyranny. Seider\u2019s long funeral procession increased tensions with the British soldiers stationed in Boston.<br \/>\n<strong>March 2, 1770\u2014<\/strong>Colonists and British soldiers get into a brawl at John Gray&#8217;s ropewalk (a ropemaking facility) in Boston.<br \/>\n<strong>March 5, 1770\u2014<\/strong>A wigmaker\u2019s apprentice insults a British officer, and in retaliation, a soldier named Hugh White smacks the apprentice on the side of the head with his musket butt. Several hours later, a crowd of colonists gather around white near the Boston Customs House, throwing snowballs, ice, and oyster shells. More soldiers are sent to help White, the crowd continues to throw snowball and wave sticks, someone yells \u201cFire!\u201d and the soldiers shoot into the crowd. Five colonists are killed. Although the soldiers plead self-defense, the incident becomes known as \u201cThe Boston Massacre\u201d and becomes a major rallying point for Patriotic colonists.<br \/>\n<strong>March 6, 1770\u2014<\/strong>Captain Thomas Preston arrested and sent to jail. Citizens of Boston gather in Faneuil Hall, to call for the immediate removal of all British troops from the city. John Adams and Josiah Quincy agree to defend Captain Preston and the soldiers.<br \/>\n<strong>March 8, 1770\u2014<\/strong>Four victims of the massacre are buried. All shops in Boston are closed. Over 10,000 mourners participated in the funeral procession.<br \/>\n<strong>March 12, 1770\u2014<\/strong>Captain Preston gives a deposition to a Boston court on the events of March 5.<br \/>\nMarch 14, 1770\u2014Captain Preston and eight British soldiers are indicted for murder for their roles in the Massacre.<br \/>\nSeptember 7, 1770\u2014Captain Preston and the soldiers are formally arraigned on charges of murder. Both Preston and the soldiers plead \u201cnot guilty.\u201d<br \/>\nOctober 24-30, 1770\u2014Captain Preston\u2019s trial. Preston is acquitted from all charges after the evidence fails to establish he ordered the soldiers to fire.<br \/>\nNovember 27-December 5, 1770\u2014Six of the soldiers are acquitted on all charges. Two of the soldiers are convicted of manslaughter.<br \/>\nDecember 14, 1770\u2014The two convicted soldiers have their thumbs branded as punishment for their roles in the Massacre.<br \/>\nDecember 16, 1773\u2013Protesting Parliament\u2019s recently enacted Tea Act, which gives the British East India Company a virtual monopoly on tea in the colonies, Boston Patriot merchants disguised as Indians throw crates of tea into Boston Harbor in what comes to be known as \u201cThe Boston Tea Party.\u201d<br \/>\nJune 2, 1774 \u2013 The British declare martial law in Massachusetts.<br \/>\nOctober 26, 1774\u2013In preparation for possible confrontation with the British, colonists form local militias known as Minutemen. They are called this for their ability to be ready for battle \u201cat a minute\u2019s notice.\u201d<br \/>\nApril 19, 1775\u2014The Revolutionary War officially begins when Massachusetts Minutemen confront British troops at the Battles of Lexington and Concord.<\/p>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/section>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"parent":304,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"class_list":["post-308","teach","type-teach","status-publish","hentry","entry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Educator\u2019s Timeline of Historical Events Before, During, and After Mission 1: &quot;For Crown or Colony&quot; - MissionUS<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mission-us.org\/teach\/for-crown-or-colony-archive\/historical-background\/educators-timeline-of-historical-events-before-during-and-after-mission-1-for-crown-or-colony\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Educator\u2019s Timeline of Historical Events Before, During, and After Mission 1: &quot;For Crown or Colony&quot; 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