The Road To Independence

By DustinMorea

  • George III Becomes King England

  • The Stamp Act

    The Stamp Act had colonists pay a tax when sending mail and using the stamps.

  • Stamp Act Congress Meets In New York City

  • Parliament Passes The Townshend Acts

    In 1767, Parliament passed the Townshend Acts, which initiated taxes on glass, lead, paint, paper, and tea.

  • The Boston Massacre

    The Boston Massacre was a confrontation in Boston on March 5, 1770, in which nine British soldiers shot several of a crowd of three or four hundred who were harassing them verbally and throwing various projectiles.

  • The Boston Tea Party

    The Boston Tea Party was an American political and mercantile protest on December 16, 1773, by the Sons of Liberty in Boston in colonial Massachusetts.

  • The Coercive Acts

    In 1774, A series of four laws passed by the British Parliament to punish the colony of Massachusetts Bay for the Boston Tea Party.

  • First Continental Congress Meets In Philadelphia

  • First Shots Of The American Revolution

    Minute Men and militias rushed to confront them early on April 19. Though it is uncertain who actually fired the first shot that day.

  • Second Continental Congress meets in Philadelphia

  • The Olive Branch Petition

    The Olive Branch Petition was adopted by the Second Continental Congress on July 5, 1775, and signed on July 8 in a final attempt to avoid war between Great Britain and the Thirteen Colonies in America.

  • The Adoption Of The Declaration Of Independence

    By issuing the Declaration of Independence, adopted by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, the 13 American colonies severed their political connections to Great Britain. The Declaration summarized the colonists' motivations for seeking independence.

  • The Adoption Of The Articles Of Confederation

  • Treaty Of Paris Signed - Official Ending Of The American Revolution