ime line of the event's leading up to the declaration of Independence

By christian benitez

  • Stamp Act

    Stamp Act
    an act of the British Parliament in 1756 that exacted revenue from the American colonies by imposing a stamp duty on newspapers and legal and commercial documents. Colonial opposition led to the act's repeal in 1766 and helped encourage the revolutionary movement against the British Crown.

  • Treaty of Paris

    Treaty of Paris
    The Treaty of Paris, often called the Peace of Paris, or the Treaty of 1763, was signed on 10 February 1763, by the kingdoms of Great Britain, France and Spain, with Portugal in agreement. It ended the French and Indian War/Seven Years' War.

  • Proclamation

    Proclamation
    The Royal Proclamation of 1763 was issued October 7, 1763, by King George III following Great Britain's acquisition of French territory in North America after the end of the French and Indian War/Seven Years' War.

  • sugar act

    sugar act
    The Sugar Act (4 Geo. III c. 15), also known as the American Revenue Act or the American Duties Act, was a revenue-raising act passed by the Parliament of Great Britain on April 5, 1764.

  • Townshed Act

    Townshed Act
    The Townshend Acts were a series of acts passed beginning in 1767 by the Parliament of Great Britain relating to the British colonies in North America. The acts are named for Charles Townshend, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, who proposed the program.

  • Boston Massacre

    Boston Massacre
    The Boston Massacre was an incident that led to the deaths of five civilians at the hands of British troops on March 5, 1770, the legal aftermath of which helped spark the rebellion in some of the British American colonies, which culminated in the American Revolutionary War.

  • Boston Tea Party

    Boston Tea Party
    demonstration 1773 by citizens of Boston who disguised as Indians raided three British ships in Boston harbor and dumped hundreds of chests of tea into the harbor; organized as a protest against taxes on tea

  • Intolerable Act

    Intolerable Act
    He Intolerable Acts or the Coercive Acts are names used to describe a series of five laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774 relating to Britain's colonies in North America.

  • Battle of Lexington

    Battle of Lexington
    The Battles of Lexington and Concord were the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War.

  • Declaration of Independence

    Declaration of Independence
    the document recording the proclamation of the second Continental Congress 4 July 1776 asserting the independence of the Colonies from Great Britain