road to revolution timeline

  • srtart of the French and Indian war

    srtart of the French and Indian war
    The French and Indian war started because of the North American conflict that was part of the larger imperial conflict between Great Britian and France known as the "seven years' war"
  • Proclamation of 1763

    Proclamation of 1763
    In 1763, at ethe end of the French and Indian war, the British issued a proclamation, mainly intended to conciliate the Indians by checking the number of settlers on their lands.
  • end of the French and Indian war

    end of the French and Indian war
    The end of the French and Indian war occured because in the Treaty of Paris, France lost all claims to Canada and gave Louisiana to Spain, while Britian received Spanish Florida, upper Canada, and various Fench holdings overseas.
  • Stamp Act

    Stamp Act
    The Stamp Act was the first internal tax levied directly on American colonists by the British government.
  • Boston Massacre

    Boston Massacre
    The Boston Massacre was a squad of British soldiers, who came to support a sentry who was being pressed by a loud crowd who let loose a volley of shots. Three poeple were killed instantly and two died later on. The Boston Massacre was known as a key event in helping to galvanize the colonial public to the patriot cause.
  • Tea Act

    Tea Act
    The Tea Act was one of several measures imposed on the American colonists by the heavily indebted British government in the decade leading up to the American Revolutionary war.
  • Boston Tea Party

    Boston Tea Party
    The Boston Tea party initially refered to by John Adams as the "destruction of the tea in Boston," was a political protest by the sons of liberty in Boston, on December 16, 1773
  • Intolerable Acts

    Intolerable Acts
    The Intolerable Acts was the Americans 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
    Lexington and Concord was their destination was Lexington, where they would capture colonial leaders Sam Adams and John Hancock, then concord where they would seize gunpowder.
  • Declaration of Independence

    Declaration of Independence
    The Declaration of Independence was drafted by Thomas Jefferson on June 28, 1776. It is the nations most cherished symbol of liberty and Jeffersons most enduring monument.