American Revolution Timeline

By JoshAdams7
  • 1770 BCE

    Boston massacre

    a group of nine British soldiers killed three people of a crowd of three or four hundred who were abusing them verbally and throwing various missiles

  • The proclamation line of 1763

    Restricted colonial settlement

  • The Molasses act of 1763

    Put a tax of 6P/gallon on molasses imported from the Dutch, French, or Spanish West Indies.

  • Passage of the sugar act

    Helped with war debts
    Cut the tax on imported molasses in half to 3P/gallon

  • The stamp act of 1765

    Parliament passed a Currency Act & Quartering Act
    British wanted greater control of colonial affairs

  • The townshed acts of 1767

    The Townshed Duties, a series of import indirect taxes on everyday items like tea, lead, and glass

  • The Tea Act of 1773

    Parliament passed the Tea Act of 1773
    Allowed the company to sell its tea directly to the colonies

  • The boston tea party

    threw tea in Boston Harbor and
    The Sons of Liberty dressed up like Indians

  • The First Continental Congress

    Wanted to end the problems with Britain
    Wanted the colonies to have self-government within the British Empire

  • Battle of Lexington and Concord

    General Gage learned that the colonists were storing guns and ammunition in Concord
    The war began the next day on Lexington Green and at Concord Bridge