American History Timeline

By Bakerman916

  • The French and Indian War

    A war between the american colonies and new France (1754-1763)

  • Tea Act

    A forced taxation that pissed the american colonies off a lot.

  • The Proclamation of 1763

    A act passed by King George III that forbade settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains.

  • Sugar Act

    This was an American revenue raising act passed by the british

  • Stamp Act

    A act that taxed newspapers and legal documents, which was heavily opposed by American colonists.

  • The Quartering Act

    A act passed that forced colonists to cater British troops while in town.

  • Townshend Act

    The Townshend act imposed a taxes on colonists, which the king called "duties"

  • The Boston Massacre

    Soldiers were being harassed by a mob, and decided to shoot at the crowd.

  • First Continental Congress

    A meeting of delegates from 12 of the 13 colonies. They planned a compromise with the British, but it ultimately didn't work out. (9/5/74)(10/26/74)

  • Shot Heard Around the World

    The first shot of a brief fight between the British and the Colonists.

  • Second Continental Congress

    The second meeting of delegates from the colonies united and started the Revolutionary war. They served as a temporary government until 1781.

  • Common Sense

    A pamphlet written by Thomas Paine talking about independence from Great Britain.

  • Declaration of Independence

    This famous document explained that the 13 colonies were now separate from Great Britain.

  • Boston Tea Party

    Tea is dumped into the sea by the Americans in protest of the British tea tax

  • The Coercive Acts

    A series of acts passed to keep authority within the colonies, which the colonists didn't like.