road to revolution

the fench and indian war

Oct 21, 1754

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a colonial extension of the 7 year war that ravaged Europe from 1754 to 1763 it was the bloodiest american war in the 18th century. it started because it was and north american confilct that part of a larger imperial conflict between Great Britain and France

proclamation of 1763

Oct 7, 1763

the end of the frnech war in 1763 was a cause for great celebration to the colonist.

stamp act

Mar 22, 1765

the new tax was imposed on all american colonist and requied them to pay tax on every single peice of printed paper they used the money collected was use to suppoert the cost of the defending and protecting the american frontier

boston massacre

Mar 5, 1770

http://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/boston-massacrea squad of british soldiers came to support a sentry who was being pressed by hecking. the british let loose a volley of shots

intolerable acts

Mar 24, 1773

http://www.ushistory.org/us/9g.aspwas the american patiots name for a series of punitive laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774; it was meant to punish the massachusetts colonists fot thier difiance.

boston tea party

Dec 16, 1773

http://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/boston-tea-partythis act of the American colony defiance served as a protest agianst taxation. it took almost 3 hours for more than 100 colonists to empry the tea into Boston Harbor. the chests held more than 90,000 pounds of tea.

lexington and concord

Apr 19, 1775

http://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/battles-of-lexington-and-concordon the night of april 18, 1775 hundreds of british troops marched from boston to nearby concord to seize an arms chache.paul revere and other riders went to the towns to spread the word.

declaration of independence

Jun 11, 1776

http://www.heritage.org/initiatives/first-principles/primary-sources/the-declaration-of-independencethe declaration of independece is the founding document of the American political tradition. it tells the fundamental ideas that that form the american nation. all men are created equal and free

townshed act

Oct 23, 1776

http://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/townshend-actsmeasures introducing into a English Parliament by charcellor of the exchequer Charles Townshed in 1767

tea act

Dec 16, 1778

http://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/tea-act the tea act of 1773 was one of several measures imposed on the American colonist