Pre-Revolution Timeline

  • French and Indian War

    French and Indian War

    The French and Indian War was when American Indians were fighting to maintain control of their land and their culture.
  • Stamp Act

    Stamp Act

    The Stamp Act required the colonists to pay a tax, represented by a stamp, on various forms of papers, documents, and playing cards.
  • Townshend Act

    Townshend Act

    To help pay the expenses involved in governing the American colonies, Parliament passed the Townshend Acts, which initiated taxes on glass, lead, paint, paper, and tea.
  • Boston Massacre

    Boston Massacre

    The Boston Massacre was a street fight where several colonists were killed.
  • Boston Tea Party

    Boston Tea Party

    The Boston Tea Party was an American political and mercantile protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston in colonial Massachusetts.
  • Intolerable Acts

    Intolerable Acts

    The Intolerable Acts in the American colonies were a series of four laws passed by the British Parliament to punish the colony of Massachusetts Bay for the Boston Tea Party.