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Road to Revolution Timeline

  • French and Indian War

    French and Indian War

    The French and Indian War, a colonial extension of the seven years War that ravaged Europe from 1756 to 1763, was the bloodiest American war in the 18th century.
  • Proclamation

    Proclamation

    The Proclamation led the way total abolition of slavery in the United States,
  • Stamp Act

    Stamp Act

    The Stamp Act was the first internal tax levied directly on American colonists by the British colonists.
  • Townshend Acts

    Townshend Acts

    The Townshend Acts were a series of acts passed, that begin in 1767.
  • Boston Massacre

    Boston Massacre

    Boston Massacre was a street fight that occured in June 29 of 1767.
  • Tea Act

    Tea Act

    The Tea Act, passed by Parliament on May 10, 1773, granted the British East India Company Tea a monopoly on tea sales in the American colonies
  • Boston Tea Party

    Boston Tea Party

    An act of defiance toward the British government by American colonists; it took place in 1773, before the Revolutionary War.
  • Intolerable Acts

    Intolerable Acts

    The Intolerable Acts was the American Patriots' name for a series of punitive laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774 after the Boston Tea party.
  • Lexington and Concord

    Lexington and Concord

    A confrontation on the Lexington and Concord started off the fighting, and soon the British were hastily retreating under intense fire.
  • Declaration of Independence

    Declaration of Independence

    The Declaration of Independence is important because it inspired many revolutionary efforts throughout the world and contributed to Americans' understanding of their values as a new nation.