Turning point timeline

By Emiliano Espinoza
  • French and Indian War

    French and Indian War

    French and Britain fighting over Ohio river valley
  • Proclamation of 1763

    Proclamation of 1763

    Attempt by Britain to stop colonists from moving west to the Appalachian mountains to try to ease their tension between the colonists and Native Americans.
  • Sugar Act

    Sugar Act

    Britain limiting the colonists of the sugar products they could buy or sell.
  • Stamp Act

    Stamp Act

    Britain taxing colonists with a stamp for every paper, newspaper, playing cards, and dice the colonists buy.
  • Boston Massacre

    Boston Massacre

    British soldiers getting attacked by angry colonists and the British soldiers shot and killed 5 unarmed citizens.
  • Tea Act

    Tea Act

    Britain limited colonists to only being able to buy tea from British owned company's.
  • Boston Tea Party

    Boston Tea Party

    Colonists were angry at Britain for the imposed taxes so they dumped over 300 chests of tea into the harbor
  • Intolerable Acts

    Intolerable Acts

    Result of Boston Tea Party and served as a punishment to the colonists by the British government closing the Boston harbor.
  • Battles of Lexington and Concord

    Battles of Lexington and Concord

    First battles of the American Revolution.
  • Olive Branch Petition

    Olive Branch Petition

    The colonists attempt to prevent the war from happening but the king denied it.