American Revolution timeline

  • Sugar act

    Sugar act
    British taxed sugar and molasses.
    The colonists rebelled against this
  • Quartering act

    Quartering act
    The British soldiers permitted to use citizens houses to sleep and eat.
    THe colonists did not like this and rioted
  • Boston massacre

    Boston massacre
    Group of unarmed Bostonians shot upon by British soldiers
    colonists demanded British troops removed
  • Boston tea party

    Boston tea party
    Boston people disguised as Indians dump a shipment of tea into harbour
    Britan is agrivated
  • Intolerable acts

    Intolerable acts
    the Coercive Acts- used to punish colonists
    colonists sent list of grievances to Britan
  • First continental congress

    First continental congress
    delegates meet in Philidalphia
    this unified the people
  • Stamp act

    Stamp act
    required a govenment tax stamp on all legal documents
    colonists refused to use stamps and started riots