Road to Revolution

Road to Revolution

Period: Jan 1, 1750 to Jan 1, 1780

French and Indian war started

May 28, 1756

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-historyThe Seven Years' War lasted from 1756 to 1763, forming a chapter in the imperial struggle between Britain and France called the Second Hundred Years' War

French and Indian war ended

Feb 10, 1763

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the seven years war ended with the signing of the treaties of Hubertusburg and paris in 1763

proclamation of 1763

Oct 7, 1763

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-historyIn 1763, at ethe end of the French and Indian War, the British issued a proclamation,mainly intended to conciliate the Indians by checking the encroachment of settlers on their lands. In the centuries since the proclamation, it has become one of the cornerstones of Native American law in the United States and Canada.

Stamp Act

Mar 22, 1765

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in an effort to raise funds to pay of debt and defend the vast new American terrotories won from the french in seven years war the goverment passed the stamp act in 1765

Boston Massacre

Mar 5, 1770

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british captain thomas preston and eight of his regulars were tried for the alleged muder of five boston colonial

Townshed Act

Apr 12, 1770

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Townshend Act was an attempt by the British government to consolidate fiscal and political power over the American colonies by placing import taxes on many of the British products bought by Americans, including lead, paper, paint, glass and tea.

Tea Act

Apr 27, 1773

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1773, British Parliament passes the Tea Act, a bill designed to save the faltering East India Company from bankruptcy by greatly lowering the tea tax

Boston Tea Party

Dec 16, 1773

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a group of Massachusetts colonists disguised as Mohawk Indians board three British tea ships and dump 342 chests of tea into the harbor.

Intolerable Acts

Mar 28, 1774

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the major American opposition to British policy came in 1765 after Parliament passed the Stamp Act, a taxation measure to raise revenues for a standing British army in America.

Lexington and Concord

Apr 19, 1775

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Battles of Lexington and Concord, fought on April 19, 1775, kicked off the American Revolutionary War

Declaration of Independence

Aug 2, 1776

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in 1776, members of Congress affix their signatures to an enlarged copy of the Declaration of Independence.