Road to Revolution Timeline of Events

Treaty of Paris

Apr 5, 1763

Treaty of Paris ended the French and indian war.

Proclamation Act

Oct 7, 1763

The Proclamation Act was a border for the 13 colonies which is the Appalachian mountains.

Sugar Act

Apr 5, 1764

The Sugar Act made merchants pay tax of six pence for every gallon that was imported.
(Taxes on sugar)

Stamp Act

Mar 22, 1765

The Stamp Act was for all american colonists to be taxed for every printed paper.

Quartering act

Mar 24, 1765

The Quartering act forced the colonies to have british soldiers live in barracks.

Stamp Act Congress

Oct 7, 1765

The Stamp Act Congress was the first congress meeting in New york happened between october 7 and october 25

Declaration of Rights and Grievances

Oct 19, 1765

The Declaration of RIghts and Grievances said that taxes made on the british were against the constitution.

Stamp Act Repealed

Mar 18, 1766

Stamp Act was repealed because know one liked it and weren't making a lot of money.

Declatory Acr

Mar 18, 1766

The Declaratory Act was in place of the stamp act and made the sugar act not as powerful.

Townshend Act

Jun 15, 1767

Beginning of 1767,A bunch of acts passed for the British Colonies in North America.

Boston Massacre

Mar 5, 1770

Boston Massacre happened on a street when a patriot threw a snowball and the British.

Committee of Correspondence

Mar 1, 1773

The Committee of Correspondence talked about the british.

Tea Act

Apr 27, 1773

The Tea Act lowered the Tea tax to save the East India Company from going bankrupt.

Boston Tea PArty

Dec 16, 1773

The colonists threw 342 chests off a boat and into the Boston harbor because they were told they had to pay taxes on the tea.

Intolerable Acts

Mar 24, 1774

Intolerable acts were made to punish the british from throwing over the tea into the Boston harbor.

1st Continental Congress

Sep 5, 1774

The 1st Continental Congress happened at carpenters hall in philadelphia to talk about the Boston Tea Party.

Lexington & Concord

Apr 19, 1775

Lexington & Concord started the Revolutionary War, the british went to concord to get weapons.

Bunker Hill

Jun 15, 1775

British defeated the americans which was a continuation from Lexington and Concord.

Olive Branch Petition

Jul 5, 1775

The Olive Branch Petition stopped the war between the 13 colonies.

Common Sense

Jan 10, 1776

Thomas Paine wrote a book called common sense about wanting people to fight for their independence

Declaration of Independence

Jul 4, 1776

The Declaration of Independence was written about the freedom of the 13 colonies, written by Thomas Jefferson.