American Revoltuion Timeline

  • Signing Of Treaty Of Paris

    Signing Of Treaty Of Paris
    Great Britain signed the treaty and recognized the colonies as free and independent.
  • Proclamation Of 1763

    Proclamation Of 1763
    King George III passed the proclamation of 1763 to ban settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains.
  • Sugar Act

    Sugar Act
    Britain kept a British army in the colonies to protect them from the Natives, so they taxed the colonists to pay for it.
  • Stamp Act

    Stamp Act
    Required colonists to pay for an official stamp, or seal when they bought paper items.
  • Quarterning Act

    Quarterning Act
    Required colonists to house British soldiers.
  • Townshend Act

    Townshend Act
    Duties were placed on glass, lead, paint, paper, and tea.
  • British Troops Arrive in Boston

    British Troops Arrive in Boston
    They tried harder to arrest smugglers, and colonists
  • Boston Massacre

    Boston Massacre
    A British soldier shot into a crowd.
  • Tea Act

    Tea Act
    British East India Tea sold their tea directly to the colonists for a cheaper.
  • Boston Tea Party

    Boston Tea Party
    Colonists protest the Tea Act by dressing up as Indians and dumping the tea into the harbor.
  • Intolerable Acts

    Intolerable Acts
    The British prime minister was mad that the colonists dumped tea in the harbor, so he passed 6 laws that he hoped would bring back order in the colonies.
  • Continental Congress

    Continental Congress
    This was a gathering of deeply troubled colonial leaders about the relationship between Great Britain and the 13 colonies.
  • Battle of Bunker Hill

    Battle of Bunker Hill
    The Patriots proved that they could fight the British even though they lost.
  • George Washington is appoint Commander-in-Chief

    George Washington is appoint Commander-in-Chief
    He was selected by the second Continental Congress to command the army.
  • Battles of Lexington and Concord

    Battles of Lexington and Concord
    It Was a battle between Lexington and Concord