Events Leading Up to The American Revoloution

  • End of the French And Indian War

    End of the French And Indian War
    The peace treaty ends the French and Indian war, but there was a lot of money spent on the war, so they were financially draining money
  • Proclamation of 1763

    Proclamation of 1763
    It was signed and the forbidding settlement west of the Appalachian.
  • Grenville Acts Passed Parliament

    Grenville Acts Passed Parliament
    Grenville Acts Passed Parliament. They were raising to pay for The French and Indian war.
  • Currency act passed

    Currency act passed
    The currency acts have passed so it is illegal to print your own money.
  • The fight against stamps

    The fight against stamps
    In Connecticut,Delaware,Maryland,Massachusetts,,New jersey, New York,Pennsylvania,Rhode island, and south Carolina their representatives sign a petition against the stamp act to be delivered to king George the third.
  • The Stamp Act

    The Stamp Act
    It is the first tax on the colonies.
  • Troops take homes

    Troops take homes
    British troops take housing in the colonies in the U.S.
  • Sons of Liberty

    Sons of Liberty
    People get in an organization that fights for liberty called the Sons Of Liberty. They also fight against the stamp act by fighting the stamp agents.
  • The stamp act effect.

    The stamp act effect.
    When the stamp act goes to effect colonist refuse to use the stamps.
  • Benjamin Testifies.

    Benjamin Testifies.
    Benjamin Franklin testifies before Parliament about the Stamp Act
  • Townshend Acts pass parliament

    Townshend Acts pass parliament
    The Townshend Acts pass parliament introducing taxes.
  • Tea Act in effect

    Tea Act in effect
    The tea act goes into effect giving the east India company the ability to under sell the colonist.
  • Quartering Acts passed

    Quartering Acts passed
    A revised and more onerous Quartering Act is passed.
  • The continental congress meets

    The continental congress meets
    The First Continental Congress meets with 56 delegates in Philadelphia.
  • Continental congress resolves Coercive Acts

    Continental congress resolves Coercive Acts
    The First Continental Congress adopts a Declaration and Resolves against the Coercive Acts.
  • Continental Association is adopted

    Continental Association is adopted
    A Continental Association is adopted to coordinate non importation policies.
  • Massachusetts militiamen attack the British

    Massachusetts militiamen attack the British
    Massachusetts militiamen attack the British arsenal at Fort William and Mary in Portsmouth after being warned of a plan to station troops there.
  • Patrick Henry's Speech

    Patrick Henry gives his famous "Give me liberty or give me death," speech at a convention.
  • Parliament accepted

    Parliament accepted
    Parliament accepts a conciliatory plan removing taxes
  • Patrick Henry's Speech

    Patrick Henry's Speech
    Patrick Henry gives his famous "Give me liberty or give me death," speech at a convention in Virginia.