Pre-Revolution Timeline

By LangNoa
  • The Stamp Act

    The Stamp Act

    The British Parliament passed this act to help pay for British troops stationed in the colonies during the Seven Years' War.
  • Townshend Act

    Townshend Act

    British Parliament passed acts that put a tax on glass, lead, paper, paint, paper, and tea.
  • Boston Massacre

    Boston Massacre

    British sentries guarding the Boston Customs House shot into a crowd of civilians, killing three men and injuring eight.
  • Tea Act

    Tea Act

    This act granted the British East India Company a monopoly on tea sales in the American colonies.
  • Boston Tea Party

    Boston Tea Party

    The Sons of Liberty, protesting the Tea Act, destroyed an entire shipment of tea sent by the East Indian Company. Some protestors were dressed as Native Americans.
  • Intolerable Acts

    Intolerable Acts

    A series of four laws passed by the British Parliament to punish the colony of Massachusetts Bay for the Boston Tea Party.