events leading up to the revolutionary war

events leading up to the revolutionary war

Period: Jan 1, 1763 to Dec 31, 1776

proclamtion of 1763

Oct 7, 1763

the proclamation was a document made to stop settlers from

stamp act

Mar 27, 1765

The first act that directed taxes to north america http://americanhistory.abc-clio.com/Search/Display/255114?terms=stamp+act

townshend

Jul 2, 1767

this act imposed a levy on a number of goods http://americanhistory.abc-clio.com/Search/Display/298851?terms=townshend

boston massacre

Mar 5, 1770

this was a fight between dockworkors and british solodiers this event made the british a symbol of tyranny http://americanhistory.abc-clio.com/Search/Display/252735?terms=boston+massacre

boston tea party

Dec 16, 1773

colonist dumped tea off the british ships to protest about unfair taxation

intolerable acts

May 14, 1774

Series of laws sponsored by British Prime Minister Lord North and enacted in 1774 in response to the Boston Tea Party

declaration of independence

Jul 4, 1776

The document recording the proclamation of the second Continental Congress (4 July 1776) asserting the independence of the Colonies from Great Britain