American Revolution Timeline

  • Navigation Act

    Navigation Act

    Laws passed by British parliament that forced restrictions on colonial trade
  • French-Indian War

    French-Indian War

    Because of the French-Indian War, England owed huge debt.England goes from salutary neglect to mercantilism
  • Stamp Act

    Stamp Act

    Placed taxes on paper documents
  • Quartering Act

    Quartering Act

    Allowed British soldiers to stay in colonist houses
  • Townshend Act

    Townshend Act

    Placed taxes on household item like glass, tea, paper, lead, and paint
  • Boston Massacre

    Boston Massacre

    A riot between colonist and the british soldiers that resulted in 5 dead
  • Boston Tea Party

    Boston Tea Party

    Colonists in Massachusetts dumped tea abroad the ships into the ocean as protest
  • Intolerable Acts

    Intolerable Acts

    Laws that were set to punish the colonist after the Boston tea party
  • Battle of Lexington and Concord

    Battle of Lexington and Concord

    The battle that started the Revolutionary war
  • Second Continental Congress

    Second Continental Congress

    Delegates met from the thirteen colonies during the Revolutionary war
  • Olive Branch Petition

    Olive Branch Petition

    Colonist finial attempt to avoid going to war with British during the Revolutionary war
  • Declaration of Independence

    Declaration of Independence

    A document approving America's independence from Great Britain
  • Common Sense

    Common Sense

    A pamphlet written by Thomas Paine stating how the 13 colonies should be independent
  • Articles Of Confederation

    Articles Of Confederation

    A document that established the function of the government
  • Daniel Shays Rebellion

    Daniel Shays Rebellion

    Protester protested against the government because they were in debt and farmer had no money
  • Constitutional Convention

    Constitutional Convention

    Members of the Constitutional Convention met to solve problems on how America should be governed that took placed in Philadelphia