Road to Revolution Timeline

begainning of the French and Indian War.

May 28, 1754

http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/related/frin.htm
the British kept a tighter leash on the colonies, pushing the colonies towards independence. do to the French and indian war.

Proclamation of 1763

Oct 7, 1763

http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/related/proc63.htm This helped lead to the American Revolution because the Colonists felt they had the right to live where ever they wanted, while the British thought that it may lead to another war with the Native Americans if the Colonists tried to settle west of the Appalachian Mountains.

The Stamp Act

Mar 18, 1766

http://www.ask.com/wiki/Stamp_Act_1765
The stamp Act affected the colonest by over taxing.

townshend act

Mar 5, 1770

http://www.let.rug.nl/usa/H/1994/ch3_p4.htm Charles Townshend, British chancellor of the exchequer, was called upon to draft a new fiscal program. Intent upon reducing British taxes by making more efficient the collection of duties

bostion Massacre

Mar 5, 1770

http://www.bostonmassacre.net/ No colony was thrilled with the Townshend duties, but nowhere was there greater resentment than in Boston.The bostion Massacre was were 5 people were kill in a street riot the genarel never gave the order to shoot.

Intolerable Acts

Mar 5, 1770

http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/related/intolerable.htm
the goverment spent most of there money on troops and gear.
This effected the colonest becuas they rased the taxes again.

Tea act

May 10, 1773

http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/related/teaact.htm The East India Company put up its tea prices to accomodate tax increases levied by the crown. The result was the evolution of a thriving black market in tea. Enterprising Americans began importing contraband tea from the Netherlands and selling it well below the price of British tea.

boston tea party

Nov 29, 1773

http://www.boston-tea-party.org/ November, 1773, a handbill was posted all over Boston, containing the following words: "Friends! Brethren! Countrymen!--That worst of plagues, the detested tea, shipped for this port by the East India Company, is now arrived in the harbor.

Lexington and Concord

Apr 5, 1775

http://www.kidport.com/reflib/usahistory/americanrevolution/lexingtonbattle.htm Dr. Joseph Warren learned of the British plans and sent Paul Revere to alert John Hancock and Samuel Adams. Paul Revere promised to warn them when the British soldiers started to march

Declaration of Independence

Jul 4, 1776

http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/document/
it stated that all men have equl rights.During this time, many American people were angry at Great Britain. Many say Americans did not like paying taxes to Great Britain when they did not have any representation in Parliament.