Key Events leading to the American Revolution

  • French and Indian War

    French and Indian War

    The French and Indian war was a key leading to the American Revolution because to cover the cost of war, Britain heavily taxed the colonies.
  • Sugar Act

    Sugar Act

    Taxing on the importation of sugar increased for the colonies
  • Currency act passed

    Currency act passed

    Currency act is passed prohibiting the colonies from issuing a legal form of paper money.
  • Protest against british goods.

    Protest against british goods.

    Boston begins a nonimportation of british goods as protest against their taxing. Later spreads to other colonies.
  • Stamp Act

    Stamp Act

    Taxing on paper goods and stamps increased for the colonies
  • Virginia Resolutions

    Virginia Resolutions

    Patrick Henry expresses that only virignia has the right to tax itself, not the british government.
  • Quartering Act

    Quartering Act

    Colonists required to give britsh soldiers stationed in America their homes for use.
  • Benjamin Franklin protests against the Stamp Act

    Benjamin Franklin protests against the Stamp Act

    Benjamin franklin protests against the stamp and and warns if military is used to enforce; could lead to an open rebellion.
  • Samuel Adams protests townshend act

    Samuel Adams protests townshend act

    Samuel adams sends a letter the Britain protesting the townshend act, which is later rejected by the british government.
  • Boston Massacre

    Boston Massacre

    British Soldiers kill colonists after a "rebel" group hits them with rocks and snowballs.
  • British "gaspee " attacked

    British "gaspee " attacked

    British "gaspee " ship is attacked and burned, crown offers a reward to whoever finds and turns in the perpetrator
  • Boston Tea Party

    Boston Tea Party

    Colonists dress up as tomohawk indians and throw british tea into the harbor to protest taxing on tea.
  • First Continental Congress

    First Continental Congress

    Met in Philadelphia to protest king georges rule, king george responded with force.
  • Virginia house of burgess dissolved

    Virginia house of burgess dissolved

    Virginia's assembly of representatives dissolved
  • "Give me Liberty or give me death"

    "Give me Liberty or give me death"

    Patrick henry gives his "give me liberty or give me death" speech at the Virginia convention

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