Events that led up to the Revolutionary War

Townshend Acts

Jun 29, 1767

Series of laws that placed taxes on paint, tea, glass, lead, and paper. All laws were eventually turned over except for the tax on tea, The remaining tax on tea led to the Boston Tea Party.

The Boston Massacre

Mar 5, 1770

School Play The Boston Massacre was the shooting of five American colonists by British troops.

Boston Tea Party

Dec 16, 1773

School PlayAmerican colonist, angry about the new tax on tea, disguised themselves as Mohawk Native Americans, boarded three British ships, and dumped 342 crates of British tea into the Boston harbor.

The First Continental Congress

Sep 5, 1774

First Continental Congress

The Battle of Lexington and Concord

Apr 19, 1775

Battle of Lexington and Concord