American Revolution Timeline

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  • 1765 BCE

    Stamp Act

    Stamp Act
    an act of the British Parliament in 1765 that exacted revenue from the American colonies by imposing a stamp duty on newspapers and legal and commercial documents.

  • Sugar Act

    Sugar Act
    Titled The American Revenue Act of 1764. On April 5, 1764, Parliament passed a modified version of the Sugar and Molasses Act Sugar and Molasses Act 1733, which was about to expire.

  • Townshend Acts

    Townshend Acts
    The Townshend Acts were a series of laws passed by the British government on the American colonies in 1767.1767

  • Boston Massacre

    Boston Massacre
    The Boston Massacre, known as the Incident on King Street by the British, was a confrontation on March 5, 1770, in which British Army soldiers shot and killed several people while under harassment by a mob.

  • Boston Tea Party

    Boston Tea Party
    The Boston Tea Party was a political and mercantile protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston, Massachusetts, on December 16, 1773.

  • Intolerable Acts

    Intolerable Acts
    The Intolerable Acts were punitive laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774.