Timeline of the Revolution

Passage of the Stamp Act

Mar 22, 1765

This is the first direct tax on the American colonists and is hostly resisted.

British troops occupy Boston

1768

British troops land in Boston to enforce the Townshend duties and clamp down on local radicals.

Commities of correspondence established

1772

Commities of correspondence represent an nimportant move toward cooperation, mutual actyion and the development of a national identity among Americans.

War breaks out

Apr 19, 1775

The first shots of the Revolution War are fired at Lexington and Concord in Massachusetts.

America declares its Independence

1776

Independence following a decade of agitation over taxes and a year of war, representives make the break with Britains.