Turning Point Timeline--American Revolution

  • French and Indian War

    French and Indian War

    The war between the French (called with Indians) and the British ( allied with the colonist
  • Proclamation of 1763

    Proclamation of 1763

    The Proclamation Line of 1763 was a British-produced boundary marked in the Appalachian Mountains
  • Sugar Act

    Sugar Act

    Higher tax on sugar and paper
  • The Stamp Act

    The Stamp Act

    The Stamp Act of 1765 was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain which imposed a direct tax on the British colonies in America and required that many printed materials in the colonies be produced on stamped paper produced in London, carrying an embossed revenue stamp.
  • Tea Act

    Tea Act

    In an effort to save the troubled enterprise, the British Parliament passed the Tea Act in 1773. The act granted the company the right to ship its tea directly to the colonies without first landing it in England, and to commission agents who would have the sole right to sell tea in the colonies.
  • Boston Tea Party

    Boston Tea Party

    A team of colonists called the Sones Of Liberty snuck on a British ship and dumped all the tea in the Boston Harber.
  • Intolerable Acts

    Intolerable Acts

    The Intolerable Acts (passed/Royal assent March 31–June 22, 1774) were punitive laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774 after the Boston Tea Party. The laws were meant to punish the Massachusetts colonists for their defiance in the Tea Party protest in reaction to changes in taxation by the British Government.
  • Olive Branch Petition

    Olive Branch Petition

    The colonists tried to do a peace treaty with the British.