'Road to independence' Timeline

By Quinn.Athey

  • George the 3rd becomes king

  • The stamp act

    British taxing on the American colonies on all transported goods, like documents and books

  • stamp act congress meets in new york

  • Parliament passes the townshends act

    British laws that imposed more taxes on goods, now taxing stuff like glass, paper and tea

  • The Boston massacre

    A confrontation where British soldiers fired at the colonists.

  • The Boston tea party

    Colonist rebel taxes by throwing shipments of tea into the Boston harbor!

  • The coercive acts

    Acts that punished colonists for the Boston tea party

  • The olive branch petition

    Final attempt to avoid war with the British

  • First continental Congress meets in Philadelphia

    Colonists pick representatives to meet and discuss a response towards the british

  • Adoption of the declaration of independence

    Colonists cut ties from England, declaring independence, and birthing america

  • Adoption of the articles of confederation

    gave the states sovereignty and united the colony's together as states

  • The treaty of Paris signed

    Official end of the American revolution