The Road to the Revolution Timeline

  • Treaty of Paris

    Treaty of Paris
    treaty of paris was also the name of the agreement that had ended the seven year war in 1763, Britian officially agreed to recognize the independence of its 13 Former colonies as a new united states of america.
  • Sugar Act

    Sugar Act
    1764 act that put a three -cent tax on foreign refined sugar and increased takes of cofee indigo and certain kinds of wine ,these taxes affected only a certain part of the population but affected merchants were very vocal.
  • Townshend Act

    Townshend Act
    series of 1767 laws named for charles Townshend,British Chacellor of the exchegue(treasure).These laws placed new taxes on glass,paper,tea,and paints colonial reaction to these taxes was the same as to the sugar act and stamp act.
  • Boston Massacre

    Boston Massacre
    An African-american named Crispus attacks was killed.Nearly every part of the story is disputed by both sides.Some say they were throwing snow balls at the british while other say they threw rocks and other such weapons.
  • Tea Act

    Tea Act
    An act that gave monopoly of tea sales to east india company
  • Boston Tea Party

    Boston Tea Party
    Angry and fustrated at a new tax on tea,American colonists calling incident accurred in Maryland,New York,New Jersey in the next few months,and tea was eventually boy cotted throught colonies