Road to Revolution

  • Declaration of Independence
    1777 BCE

    Declaration of Independence

    American Militia under General Stark victorious at the Battle of Bennington, VT (actually fought in Walloomsac, New York, several miles to the west)
  • Stamp Act
    1775 BCE

    Stamp Act

    Date the Stamp Act was to take effect but with no one to distribute the stamps, the act could not take effect.
  • "Shot Heard Around the World"
    1775 BCE

    "Shot Heard Around the World"

    The first shot happen in Lexington Massachusetts in the morning of the 19th
  • Tea Act
    1773 BCE

    Tea Act

    A New York newspaper publishes the full text of the Tea Act for the first time in the colonies, provoking sharp debate.
  • Boston Tea Party
    1773 BCE

    Boston Tea Party

    British Tea is being boycotted . Dressed as Indians , colonists board an English ship in Boston Harbor - dump 18,000 pounding of English tea into the water
  • Townshend Acts
    1767 BCE

    Townshend Acts

    In 1767 Townshend were a series of law which set new important taxes on paint ,glass,paper,and tea. In Boston ,MA tensions are very high, Brits station 2000 troops in the city
  • Quartering Act
    1765 BCE

    Quartering Act

    Colonial assemblies required to pay for supplies to British garrisons. The New York assembly argued that it could not be forced to comply.
  • Proclamation Line
    1763 BCE

    Proclamation Line

    King George III following Great Britain's acquisition of French territory
  • Intolerable or Coercive Acts

    Intolerable or Coercive Acts

    The British government banned colonists from settling west of the Appalachian mountains.
  • Declaratory Act

    Declaratory Act

    The American colonies act 1766, commonly known as the declaratory act
  • Boston Massacre

    Boston Massacre

    Mob in Boston surroundings a group of 9 British. Soldiers panic and fire ,killing 5 colonist including cripus attack
  • Committee of Correspondence

    Committee of Correspondence

    56 Delegates, including George Washington ,John Jay,John and Samuel Adams ,Patrick Henry , meet in Philadelphia