Road to revolution timeline

revolution

Period: Jan 1, 1700 to Dec 31, 1800

The French and Indian war

Jan 1, 1756

http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/related/frin.htmThe French and Indian war was the North American theater of the world wide seven year war. The was fought between the colonies on British america and new France , with both sides supported with military.

Proclamation

Oct 7, 1763

www.history.com/topics/native-american.../1763-proclamation-ofHistoryGreat Britain's acquisition of French territory in North America after the end of the French and Indian War/Seven Years' War, Made a line drawn through the apalation mountians and ketpt people from building settlements on the other side.

The Stamp act

Mar 22, 1765

http://www.history.org/history/teaching/tchcrsta.cfmThe stamp act was a law the required all colonial residents to pay a stamp tax on virtualy ever paper including legal documents,bill of sales,contracts wills ,advertising, phamflets,almanac, and even playing cards and dice.

The Townshends act

Jul 15, 1767

http://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/townshend-actsThe Townshend act was originated by Charles Townshend and passed by the English Parmiliant shortly after the repeal of the stamp act. They were designed to colect revinou from the colinist of america ny putting custom duties on import of glass, leads, paints,paper, andtea

The Boston massacre

Mar 5, 1770

http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/related/massacre.htmThe boston massacre was a street fight between a patriot mob throwing snow balls sticks and bricks at a squad of british soldiers

tea act

May 10, 1773

http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/related/teaact.htmThe Tea Act was the final straw in a series of unpopular policies and taxes imposed by Britain on her American colonies.

The boston tea party

Dec 16, 1773

http://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/boston-tea-partyThe Boston Tea Party (initially referred to by John Adams as the Destruction of the Tea in Boston) was a political protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston

Intolerable acts

May 14, 1774

http://www.ushistory.org/us/9g.aspThe Intolerable Acts were the American Patriots' term for a series of punitive laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774 after the Boston Tea party. They were meant to punish the Massachusetts colonists for their defiance in throwing a large tea shipment into Boston harbor.

The battle of lexington and concord

Apr 19, 1775

http://www.ushistory.org/us/11c.aspThe Battles of Lexington and Concord were the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War.

Declaration of independence

Jul 4, 1776

http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/declaration_transcript.htmlThe Declaration of Independence is the statement adopted by the Continental Congress meeting at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on July 4, 1776, which announced that the thirteen American colonies,[2] then at war with Great Britain, regarded themselves as thirteen newly independent sovereign states, and no longer a part of the British Empire.