Revolution

Road to Revolution Timeline

  • French and Indian War

    French and Indian War

    The French and Indian war was between Britain and France, they were fighting for control of North America. They were fighting becuase Britain was trying to expand their land west, where French territory was.
  • End of the French and Indian War

    End of the French and Indian War

    The war had ended when Paris signed the peace treaty to end the war in 1763, they had finally signed it when they ran out of troops.
  • Proclomation of 1763

    Proclomation of 1763

    The Royal Proclomation of 1763 was issued by King Charles lll following Great Britians acqusation of French territory from North America.
  • Stamp Act

    Stamp Act

    The Stamp Act was an act of the British Parliament in 1756 that exacted revenue from the American colonies by imposing a stamp duty on newspapers.
  • Townshend Acts

    Townshend Acts

    In 1770, the British government moves to mollify outraged colonists by repealing most of the clauses of the hated Townshed Acts.
  • Boston Massacre

    Boston Massacre

    The Boston Massacre was a street fight that happened on March 5, 1770, between a patriot mob that was throwing snowballs,stones, and bricks in the fight.
  • Boston Tea Party

    Boston Tea Party

    The Tea Act of 1773 was when Britain was pressing charges and tax was starting to grow and that had angered he people, so they started throwing all the boxes of tea into he Boston Harbour.
  • Tea Act

    Tea Act

    The Tea Act was the starter of the Boston Tea Party, it started to anger the people of Boston.
  • Intolerable Acts

    Intolerable Acts

    The Intolerable Acts were passing the punative laws that were already passed by the British.
  • Lexington and Concord

    Lexington and Concord

    The battle of Lexington and Concord started when General Gage sent out regiments of British soldiers quartered in Boston.
  • Decloration of  Independence

    Decloration of Independence

    https://history.state.gov/milestones/1776-1783/declarationThe Decloration of Independence was issued so that the 13 colonies still had links to Great Britain and that should have no harm and no problems.