Revolutionary Timeline

  • Treaty of Paris 1763

    Treaty of Paris 1763

    Picture Link Ended the reveluotionary war
  • Proclamatino of 1763

    Proclamatino of 1763

    Picture Link Prohibited settlers from moving west
  • Stamp Act

    Stamp Act

    Picture Link required the payment of a tax to Britain on papers
  • Declaratory Act

    Declaratory Act

    Picture Link The Declaratory Act, was an act of the Parliament of Great Britain, which accompanied the repeal of the Stamp Act 1775
  • Townshend Acts

    Townshend Acts

    Picture Link They were designed to collect revenue from the colonists in America by putting customs duties on imports of glass, lead, paints, paper, and tea.
  • Boston Massacre

    Boston Massacre

    Picture Link The Boston Massacre was the killing of five colonists by British regulars on March 5, 1770
  • Tea Act

    Tea Act

    Picture Link The act was not intended to raise revenue in the American colonies, and in fact imposed no new taxes.
  • Boston Tea Party

    Boston Tea Party

    Picture Link Samuel Adams and the Sons of Liberty boarded three ships in the Boston harbor and threw 342 chests of tea overboard
  • Intolerable Acts

    Intolerable Acts

    Picture Link They were meant to punish the Massachusetts colonists for their defiance in throwing a large tea shipment into Boston harbor.
  • 1st Continental Congress

    1st Continental Congress

    Picture Link The First Continental Congress was a meeting of delegates from twelve of the thirteen colonies that met on September 5 to October 26, 1774
  • 2nd Continental Congress

    2nd Continental Congress

    Picture Link The Second Continental Congress was a convention of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies that started meeting in the summer of 1775, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, soon after warfare in the American Revolutionary War had begun.
  • Midnight Ride

    Midnight Ride

    Picture Link Paul Revere and William Dawes began their ride to Lexington on 18 April 1775.
  • Lexington and Concrod

    Lexington and Concrod

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