History Timeline

By Wai111297

  • Treaty of Paris(1)

    The treaty of paris was made to end the war between the french and british.

  • Proclamation Act(2)

    It stopped the colonists from expanding west and and expands the fur trade

  • The Sugar Act(3)

    This act put a tax on sugar and molasses.

  • The Stamp Act(4)

    This act is a tax on all printed paper.

  • The Quartering Act(5)

    This act made colonists house british soldiers.

  • Stamp Act Congress(6)

    The Stamp Act Congress was a congress formed from representatives from the thirteen colonies to show how much they diliked the stamp act.

  • Declaration of Rights and Grievances(7)

    The Declaration of Rights and Grievances is a document that said taxing the colonists without their consent is unconstitutional. It was written by the stamp act congress.

  • Stamp Act Repealed(8)

    The stamp act was repealed after four months of protest.

  • Declaratory Act(9)

    The Declaratory Act said that parliament had the same authority in the colonies as they do in Britain.

  • Townshend Acts(10)

    Townshend Acts were multiple acts that set new taxes for the colonists.

  • Boston Massacre(11)

    The Boston Massacre happened when the colonists formed a mob and british soldiers fired at the mob which killed multiple people.

  • Committee of Correspondence(12)

    The Committee was created to take action against britain.

  • Tea Act(13)

    The tea act taxed all tea that did not come from the East India Company.

  • Boston Tea Party(14)

    The colonist dumped the tea into the Boston Harbor to protest the tea act.

  • Intolerable Acts(15)

    The Intolerable Acts were laws passed after the boston tea party. Four of the laws were to punish the colonists for the boston tea party.
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    1st Continental Congress

  • Lexington & Concord(16)

    The british marched from boston to concord to seize weapons. Lexington & Concord started the revolutionary war.

  • Bunker Hill(17)

    Bunker Hill was a battle between the british and the colonists. the british won this battle.

  • Olive Branch Petition(18)

    The Olive Branch Petition was colonists last attempt to make peace with britain.

  • Common Sense(19)

    Common Sense was written to challenge britain and it ask for independence from britain.
    (Was Wrote In January 1776)

  • Decloration of Independance(20)

    The Declaration of Independance said that the colonists were breaking away from britain.