Road to Revolution Timeline

French and Indian War Include start and end of war.

Oct 17, 1754

www.ushistory.org/declaration/related/frin.htmThe final Colonial War was the French and Indian War, which is the name given to the American theater of a massive conflict involving Austria, England, France, great Britain, Prussia, and Sweden called the Seven Years War

Proclamation of 1763

Oct 7, 1763

www.ushistory.org/declaration/related/proc63.htmThe End of the French and Indian War

end of french and indian war.

Oct 17, 1763

www.ushistory.org/declaration/related/frin.htmEnd of War

Stamp act

Oct 24, 1765

www.history.org/history/teaching/tchcrsta.cfmThe Stamp Act was passed by the British Parliament on March 22, 1765. The new tax was imposed on all American colonists and required them to pay a tax on every piece of printed paper they used.

Townshend Acts

Oct 17, 1767

www.ushistory.org/declaration/related/townshend.htmThe Townshend Acts were a series of acts passed beginning by the Parliament of Great Britain relating to the British colonies in North America.

Boston Massacre

Mar 5, 1770

www.bostonmassacre.net/The Boston Massacre was the killing of five colonists by British regulars.

Lexington and Concord

Apr 19, 1773

www.ushistory.org/us/11c.asp‎The Battles of Lexington and Concord were the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War.

Tea Act

May 10, 1773

www.ushistory.org/declaration/related/teaact.htm‎CachedSimilarThe Tea Act was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain

Boston Tea Party

Dec 16, 1773

www.history.com/topics/boston-tea-partyThe Boston Tea Party was a nonviolent political protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston.

• Declaration of Independence

Jul 4, 1776

www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/declaration_transcript.html‎The Declaration of Independence is a statement adopted by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776,