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American Revolution Timeline

  • Navigation Act

    Navigation Act

    Laws passed by england that restricted trade among the colonists.
  • French-Indian War

    French-Indian War

    Due to this war, England was in dept and this is when England started to tax the colonists,
  • Stamp Act

    Stamp Act

    This Act put taxes on all goods that were of paper, including official documents in the colonies
  • Quartering Act

    Quartering Act

    This Act allowed the British soldiers to be able to live in the homes of the colonists without having to pay rent.
  • Townshend Act

    Townshend Act

    This Act put taxes on glass, lead, paint, paper, and tea.
  • Boston Massacre

    Boston Massacre

    British soldiers appear to fire their weapons at a crowd of unarmed colonists.
  • Boston Tea Party

    Boston Tea Party

    Colonists, some dressed up as indians, went aboard a British ship and dumped all the tea that it was carrying as a way to state that they wouldn't pay the taxes on tea.
  • Intolerable Acts

    Intolerable Acts

    This allowed the British soldiers to block the Boston harbor in response to the Boston Tea Party.
  • Battle of Lexington and Concord

    Battle of Lexington and Concord

    This is the first battle of the American Revolution, also known as "the shot heard around the world".
  • Second Continental Congress

    Second Continental Congress

    It was a meeting of delegates from the thirteen colonies that united in support of the American revolutionary War.
  • Olive Branch Petition

    Olive Branch Petition

    It was a last attempt letter to the King to be able to settle their dispute amicably.
  • Common Sense

    Common Sense

    Thomas Paine wrote a letter that argued that the colonies should have liberty from England.
  • Declaration of Independence

    Declaration of Independence

    Letter that stated the independence of the thirteen colonies, how every man is born equal.
  • Articles of Confederation

    Articles of Confederation

    It was a written document that established the basic functions of the government of the U.S after it declared its' independence.
  • Daniel Shays' Rebellion

    Daniel Shays' Rebellion

    An uprising in Western Massachusetts and Worcester in response to a dept crisis where officials would increase the efforts to collect taxes on individuals and their trade.
  • Constitutional Convention

    Constitutional Convention

    A meeting of delegates that discussed how America would be governed, now that is was independent.