Road to the Revolution Project Timeline By matt norton Jan 1, 1759 French and Indian War Jan 1, 1763 Proclamation of 1763 Jan 1, 1764 Sugar Act Jan 1, 1765 Stamp Act May 1, 1765 Sons of Liberty Jan 1, 1766 Declatory Act Jan 1, 1767 Townshend Act Mar 5, 1770 Boston Massacre Jan 1, 1773 Tea Act Nov 1, 1773 Boston Tea Party Jan 1, 1774 Intolerable Acts Sep 1, 1774 First Continental Congress Jan 1, 1775 Battle at Lexington and Concord May 1, 1775 Second Continental Congress Jul 4, 1776 Writing of the Declaration of Independence