Influences for Independence Timeline

The "Join or Die" Cartoon

May 9, 1754

The Boston Massacre

Mar 5, 1770

The Boston Massacre was an incident in which redcoats opened fire on colonists. The event was later depicted by Paul Revere in a painting called "The Bloody Massacre in King-Street." It brought many of colonists' views of the British to the negative side.

Boston Tea Party

Dec 16, 1773

The Boston Tea Party was an event in which colonists ambushed a British ship delivering tea. They did so because they were upset at the expensive tea taxes Britain had placed on them. After this, the British placed the "Intolerable Acts" on the colonists, which only made the colonists angrier. It pushed the colonists closer towards revolution.

"Common Sense" by Thomas Paine

Feb 14, 1776

Declaration of Independence

Jul 4, 1776

The Declaration of Independence was written by Thomas Jefferson, stating what the United States wanted as rules and conditions. link text