Events Leading to the Revolution Timeline

  • Proclamation of 1763

    Proclamation of 1763
    No colonist are allow to settle on the west of the Appalachian mountain and the colonist reaction was to move to the west of the Appalachian mountain to avoid the Proclamation Line.
  • Sugar Act

    Sugar Act
    An act to impose taxes on colonist in hope to stop them from smuggling. The colonist continue to smuggle.
  • The Currency Act

    The Currency Act
    Colonies suffered a contained storage of currency which to conduct trade.
  • Stamp Act

    Stamp Act
    An Act to place taxes on paper products to help pay for the French and Indian War. The colonist reaction was that it was unnecessary to pay for these taxes.
  • Repeal of Stamp Act

    Repeal of Stamp Act
    The act tor repeal the Stamp Act to issue the Declaratory Act.
  • The Townshend Revenue Act

    The Townshend Revenue Act
    Taxes on glass, paint, oil, lead, paper, and tea were applied with the design of raising 40,000 dollar a year for the administration of the colonies.
  • Boston Massacre

    Boston Massacre
    A time when the colonist and the British soldier had their first fight.
  • Boston Tea Party

    Boston Tea Party
    The tea act was created to help the English company and the colonist reacted to this by pouring 18,000 pond of tea in the Boston Harbor.
  • Intolerable Act

    Intolerable Act
    The act where harsh laws that were passed by the British. The colonies reacted by creating the first continental congress and drawing the declaration of colonial rights.