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American Revolution Timeline

By Gisell_Ortizmonte

  • Navigation Acts

    Navigation Acts
    The Navigation Acts were passed by the English Parliament that restricted a colony's trade to only England.It was a series of acts to protect English shipping, and to secure a profit to the home country from the colonies.

  • Stamp Act

    Stamp Act
    The Stamp Act was passed by the British Parliament. The Stamp Act was a law passed which imposed a tax on every piece of printed paper they used.The law required all legal documents, licenses, commercial contracts, newspapers, pamphlets, and playing cards to carry a tax.

  • Townshend Acts

    Townshend Acts
    Parliament passed the Townshend Acts, which taxed lead, glass, paper, paint, and tea imported to the colonies.

  • The Boston Massacre

    The Boston Massacre
    The Boston Massacre was a street fight that occurred between a "patriot" mob, throwing snowballs, stones, and sticks, and a squad of British soldiers. Several colonists were killed and this a campaign by speech-writers to rouse the ire of the citizenry.

  • The Tea Act

    The Tea Act
    The East India Tea Company was losing money and the British government wanted to protect them. The Tea Act gave the East India Tea Company exclusive rights to sell tea in the colonies.

  • The Intolerable Acts

    The Intolerable Acts
    The Intolerable Acts were passed in 1774 to punish the colonists for the Boston Tea Party.These laws were to punish Massachusetts for the Boston Tea Party.
    Laws:
    Closed Boston Harbor
    No Town Hall Meetings
    Must house British Troops
    British General new governor

  • Lexington and Concord

    Lexington and Concord
    First Revolutionary Battle at Lexington and Concord. In April 1775, when British troops are sent to confiscate colonial weapons, they run into an untrained and angry militia. This ragtag army defeats 700 British soldiers and the surprise victory bolsters their confidence for the war ahead.

  • The Declaration Of Independence

    The Declaration Of Independence
    The Declaration of Independence is the statement adopted by the Second Continental Congress meeting at the Pennsylvania State House (Independence Hall) in Philadelphia on July 4, 1776, which announced that the thirteen American colonies,[2] then at war with the Kingdom of Great Britain, regarded themselves as thirteen newly independent sovereign states, and no longer under British rule.

  • The Constitution

    The Constitution
    The U.S. Constitution established America's national government and fundamental laws, and guaranteed certain basic rights for its citizens.Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia, presided over by George Washington