Events leading to the American Revolution

  • Treaty of Paris

    Treaty of Paris

    Ended the French and Indian War
  • Proclamation of 1763

    Proclamation of 1763

    This document was written after the French and Indian saying that the colonists won't settle past the Appalachian Mountains.
  • Stamp Act

    Stamp Act

    The fist direct tax put on all printed items.
  • Townshend Act

    Townshend Act

    Taxes applied on imported good like paper, tea, glass, and lead
  • Boston Massacre

    Boston Massacre

    When the British soldiers killed 5 men and injured 6 others
  • Tea Act

    Tea Act

    The British added taxes on tea passed, because they were in debt and needed more money, so they put in on something that everyone bought
  • Boston Tea party

    Boston Tea party

    Sons of liberty dressed up like Indians and threw tea off of the ship.
  • Intolerable Acts

    Intolerable Acts

    This act was passed after to the Boston Tea Party to kind of punish the patriots.
  • 1st Continental Congress

    1st Continental Congress

    Where delegates from 12 of the 13 colonies met early in the American Revolution
  • Midnight Ride

    Midnight Ride

    When William Dawes rode to Lexington to warn Hancock and Adams that the British were coming
  • Lexington and Concord

    Lexington and Concord

    The first military engagements of the American Revolution.
  • 2nd Continental Congress

    2nd Continental Congress

    A convention of delegates called from all 13 colonies during the American Revolution
  • Declaratory Acts

    Declaratory Acts

    Repealed the Stamp act