Events leading to the Revolution Timeline

By jalil banks

  • Proclamation of 1763

    Prolclaimed American colonists could not settle West of Appalachian Mountains
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  • Sugar act

    Created a big tax on sugar infuriating American colonists

  • Quartering act

    Required American colonists to provide housing and food for British soldiers in the area

  • Stamp act

    Put a tax on every piece of paper used by American colonists

  • Repeal of Stamp Act

    Vote finally repeal the stamp act

  • Townshend Act

    Placed tax on glass,oil,tea,lead, and paint

  • 1770

    Fight between British soldiers and mob of patriots leading to many deaths

  • Tea Act

    Monopoly granted on importation and sale of tea

  • Intolerable acts

    Laws meant to punish American colonists for Boston Tea Party and rebellions

  • Lexington and Concord

    First military engagements of the American Revolution

  • Battle of Bunker Hill

    Battle on Bunker Hill where Americans lost, but gained a moral victory from the way they fought

  • Second Continental Congress

    Meeting that moved toward freedom and adopted the Declaration of independence