Timeline to the American Revolution

  • Treaty of Paris

    Treaty of Paris

    The Treaty of Paris was a treaty that was signed to end the French and Indian war and the seven years war between France and Great Britain.
  • •	Proclamation of 1763

    • Proclamation of 1763

    Act passes by British Parliament that put a tax on all printed items.
  • Stamp Act

    Stamp Act

    At the end of the French and Indian War made by Britain so there would be peace between them.
  • Declaratory Act

    Declaratory Act

    An act passed my British Parliament to make their power to legislate known.
  • Townshend Act

    Townshend Act

    British Parliament passed these series of act to the British colonies.
  • Boston Massacre

    Boston Massacre

    British Regulars killed 5 innocent people when a fight broke out.
  • Tea Act

    Tea Act

    So they would get rid of the extra tea held by the British East India Company.
  • Boston Tea Party

    Boston Tea Party

    When the sons of liberty protested by dumping tea into the harbor.
  • Intolerable Acts

    Intolerable Acts

    After the Boston Tea Party the British Parliament made these acts to punish the colonists.
  • 1st Continental Congress

    1st Continental Congress

    Delegates from the 13 colonies met together in Philadelphia.
  • 2nd Continental Congress

    2nd Continental Congress

    They had this meeting to help start moving toward independence and getting the United States.
  • Midnight Ride: Revere, Cheswell, Dawes

    Midnight Ride: Revere, Cheswell, Dawes

    When William Dawes went to Lexington to warn John Hancock and Samuel Adams the British were coming.
  • Lexington and Concord

    Lexington and Concord

    Battles between American and British soldiers for the revolutionary war.