Events leading to the American Revolution

By Clare Bearden

  • Treaty of Paris

    Treaty of Paris
    Ended the French and Indian War

  • Proclamation of 1763

    Proclamation of 1763
    This document was written after the French and Indian saying that the colonists won't settle past the Appalachian Mountains.

  • Stamp Act

    Stamp Act
    The fist direct tax put on all printed items.

  • Townshend Act

    Townshend Act
    Taxes applied on imported good like paper, tea, glass, and lead

  • Boston Massacre

    Boston Massacre
    When the British soldiers killed 5 men and injured 6 others

  • Tea Act

    Tea Act
    The British added taxes on tea passed, because they were in debt and needed more money, so they put in on something that everyone bought

  • Boston Tea party

    Boston Tea party
    Sons of liberty dressed up like Indians and threw tea off of the ship.

  • Intolerable Acts

    Intolerable Acts
    This act was passed after to the Boston Tea Party to kind of punish the patriots.

  • 1st Continental Congress

    1st Continental Congress
    Where delegates from 12 of the 13 colonies met early in the American Revolution

  • Midnight Ride

    Midnight Ride
    When William Dawes rode to Lexington to warn Hancock and Adams that the British were coming

  • Lexington and Concord

    Lexington and Concord
    The first military engagements of the American Revolution.

  • 2nd Continental Congress

    2nd Continental Congress
    A convention of delegates called from all 13 colonies during the American Revolution

  • Declaratory Acts

    Declaratory Acts
    Repealed the Stamp act