Events Leading to the Revolution

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  • Sugar Act

    Sugar Act
    The Sugar Act taxed sugar and molasses.

  • Stamp Act

    Stamp Act
    The Stamp Act made the colonists pay a tax on all printed paper or documents.

  • Quartering Act

    Quartering Act
    The Quartering Act stated the that British troops could be quartered in barracks and if the barracks were full, the could stay in public houses or inns.

  • Stamp Act Congress

    Stamp Act Congress
    The Stamp Act Congress was a meeting between October 7 and 25, 1765 in New York City, consisting of representatives from some of the British colonies in North America

  • Declatory Act

    Declatory Act
    The Declaratory Act accompanied and repealed Stamp Act and changed and lessened the Sugar Act.

  • Townshend Act

    Townshend Act
    The Townshend Act placed a tax on the imports to the colonies including lead, paper, glass, paint, and tea.

  • Boston Massacre

    Boston Massacre
    The Boston Massacre was when the British fired weapons and killed Colonists.

  • Boston Tea Party

    Boston Tea Party
    The Boston Tea Party was when the Colonists boarded British ships and threw their tea overboard into the harbor.

  • Tea Act

    Tea Act
    The British passed the Tea Act to make the Colonists pay for the tea that was thrown overboard.

  • Intolerable Acts

    Intolerable Acts
    The Intolerable Acts were passed to punish the Colonists for the Boston Tea Party.

  • First Continental Congress

    First Continental Congress
    It lasted from September 5 to October 26 1774 and was a meeting between 12 delagates of the thirteen colonies in Philadelphia, early in the Revolution.

  • Second Continental Congress

    Second Continental Congress
    The Second Continental Congress was a meeting between delegates of the thirteen colonies in Philadelphia, and soon after, the American Revolutionary War had begun.

  • Battle Of Lexington

    Battle Of Lexington
    The Battle of Lexington was the start of the Reevolutionary war. They were the first shots of the war. The British leader told the troops to disarm the colonists.

  • Battle of Concord

    Battle of Concord
    The Battle of Concord followed the Battle of Lexington. The militia were warned of the British coming by the messenger, Paul Revere. The colonists fought and the British retreated

  • Declaration of Independence

    Declaration of Independence
    The Declaration of Independence was written by the Colonists to state American freedom rights.