Road To Revolution Timeline

French and Indian War

May 28, 1754

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_and_Indian_WarThe French and Indian War started in 1754 and ended in 1763. The French and Indian War is the common American name for the war between Great Britain and France in North America.the war erupted into the world-wide conflict known as the Seven Years' War.The crisis escalated, and the American Revolutionary War began near Boston in 1775

Townshend Acts

Jun 29, 1756

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Townshend_actsThe Townshend acts started in 1756 and ended in 1763.The Townshend Acts were a series of laws passed beginning in 1767 by the Parliament of Great Britain relating to the British colonies in North America.
.The crisis escalated, and the American Revolutionary War began near Boston in 1775

Proclamation of 1763

Oct 7, 1763

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proclamation_of_1763The proclamtion of 1763 started October 7, 1763, by King George III following Great Britain's acquisition of French territory.The Proclamation of 1763 happend because The purpose of the proclamation was to organize Great Britain's new North American empire and to stabilize relations between Native North Americans through regulation of trade, settlement and land purchases.

Stamp Act

Apr 15, 1765

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stamp_ActThe Stamp Act happend in 1765. The Stamp Act was a direct tax imposed by the British Parliament specifically on the colonies of British America. The crisis escalated, and the American Revolutionary War began near Boston in 1775.

Boston Massacre

Mar 5, 1770

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_MassacreIt was the culmination of tensions in the American colonies that had been growing since Royal troops first appeared in Massachusetts in October 1768 to enforce the heavy tax burden imposed by the Townshend Acts.The crisis escalated, and the American Revolutionary War began near Boston in 1775.

Tea Act

May 10, 1773

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tea_ActThe Tea Act was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain.The Tea Act was held. This was supposed to convince the colonists purchase Company tea on which the Townshend duties were paid, thus implicitly agreeing to accept Parliament's right of taxation.The crisis escalated, and the American Revolutionary War began near Boston in 1775.

Boston Tea Party

Dec 16, 1773

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_Tea_PartyThe Boston Tea Party was set by colonists in Boston, a town in a British colony of Massachusetts, against the British government and the monopolistic East India Company that controlled all the tea imported into the colonies.t also lead to the American Revolutional War.

Intolerable Acts

Mar 5, 1774

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intolerable_ActsThe Intolerable Acts or as known as the Coercive Acts are used to describe a series of laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774.The acts triggered outrage and resistance in the Thirteen Colonies that later became the United States, and were important developments in the growth of the American Revolution.

Lexington and Concord

Apr 18, 1775

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lexington_and_ConcordOn April 18, 1775, British General Thomas Gage sent 700 soldiers to destroy guns and ammunition the colonists had stored in the town of Concord, The crisis escalated, and the American Revolutionary War began near Boston in 1775.

Declaration of Independence

Jul 4, 1776

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Declaration_of_IndependenceThe Declaration of Independence is a day to celebrate the thirteen colonies. John Adams put forth a solution earlier in the year of 1776 which made a formal declaration inevitable.The crisis escalated, and the American Revolutionary War began near Boston in 1775.