American Revolution Timeline

  • Proclamation of 1763

    Proclamation of 1763
    No settling in West of the Appalachian Mountains.
  • Sugar Act

    Sugar Act
    A small tax on sugar added, mostly influenced merchants and shippers.
  • Stamp Act

    Stamp Act
    Needed paid stamp on paper documents
  • Quartering Act

    Quartering Act
    The colonists had to give the English soldiers food and shelter.
  • Boston Massacre

    Boston Massacre
    English soldiers killed 5 people and wounded more
  • Boston Tea Party

    Boston Tea Party
    The Sons of Liberty went on English ships and dumped tea into the harbor
  • First Continental Congress

    First Continental Congress
    Wrote formal letter to King George III requesting the Intolerable Acts be ended
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    Start and End of American Revolution