American Revolution Timeline Project

By lilygwells

  • French and Indian War

    England (colonies) vs. France (Indians). England wins control over France’s territory in New World.

  • Proclamation of 1763

    Colonists may not expand past Appalachian Mountains.

  • Sugar Act

    Reduced the rate of taxes on foreign goods.

  • Stamp Act

    British law placing a tax on printed colonial matter: Paper Products.

  • Quartering Act

    British 1760s law requiring colonists to supply the basic needs of British soldiers.

  • Townshend Act

    Placed new taxes and took away some freedom from the colonists.

  • Boston Massacre

    First deaths of revolution.

  • Tea Act

    Monopoly for English tea company.

  • Boston Tea Party

    Colonists dressed up as Indians and threw tea overboard into the harbor.

  • Coercive Acts

    British laws in response to the Boston Tea Party.

  • First Continental Congress

    Protest Intolerable Acts – form Committees of Correspondence.

  • Shot Heard Around the World

    First shots of the Revolutionary War in Lexington.

  • Second Continental Congress

    Began Articles of Confederation; organize for war; send Olive Branch Petition (peace) to King.

  • Common Sense

    Called for independence from Great Britain.

  • Declaration of Independence

    A declaration for freedom and independence from Great Britain.