APUSH Road To Revolution Timeline

By 19kyle.brown

  • The 7 Years War

    -A war between the french and many tribes of native americans against the British.
    -This war cost Great Britain a significant amount of money
    -This was what set the entire chain of events in place

  • The Stamp Act

    -A tax on printed goods
    - Responsible for the creation of the Sons of liberty a group that was responsible for organizing protests against the British acts.

  • The Quartering Act

    -An act that forced colonists to both house and feed British troops.
    -Greatly increased the disdain the colonists had for the British

  • The Tea Act

    -Taxed on a smaller item to go less noticed but still make money
    -Led to the creation of the Boston Tea Party, and then the Sons of Liberty.

  • Boston Tea Party

    -Dumped tea into Boston harbor
    -$1-3 million of tea lost
    -Great Britain saw this as a threat
    -Led to the creation of the Intolerable Acts

  • The Intolerable acts

    -The Port Act- a blockade on Boston harbor
    -The Mass. Government Act- Restricted all forms of government is the entire state of Massachusetts
    -Merchants also refused to join in the boycotts that were being started by the sons of liberty.
    -Started to increase the hatred toward the crown, and also led to the calling together of the 1st continental congress.

  • 1st Continental Congress

    -Formed in response to the intolerable acts
    -Asked 2 questions: What were the colonists rights?, and how should they defend such rights.

  • Battle of Lexington and Concord

    -"The shot heard 'round the world"
    -The British plan of taking munitions from the colonies was not secret any more.
    -Served as the final push for the colonists to want to separate from Britain.

  • The Olive Branch Petition

    -A letter to the king of England apologizing.
    -"3 demands"-cease fire in Boston, Asking King George the third to repeal all of the intolerable acts, and also asking him to officially define their colonial rights
    -The King saw the olive branch as a joke
    - The king laughing at the olive branch was the last straw for the colonists, they were done with the king and wanted to cut all ties to Britain.

  • The Declaration of Independence

    -Made to tell the king that they're going to become independent.
    -This document gave 27 reasons or "grievances" for why they wanted to separate.
    -Marked the beginning of the revolutionary war