Events Leading Up to the American Revolution

Jamestown

1607

America's first permanent English colony.

Virginia House of Burgesses

Jul 30, 1619

First legislative assembly in the American colonies.

Mayflower Compact

1620

First agreement for self government to be created and enforced in america

Bacon's Rebellion

1676

Rebellion by Virginia settlers, lead by Nathaniel Bacon, against the ruling of William Berkley.

Salem Witch Trials

1692

Many women were accused of being witches due to the economical crash of Massachusetts.

French and Indian War

1756

War between the French and the British that ended with Britain gaining all of the French territory in America.

Proclamation of 1763

Oct 7, 1763

Prohibited the settlement of British colonist past the appalachian mountains which angered a lot of the Americans.

Sugar Act

Apr 5, 1764

Modified the Molasses act and made the tax more strict.

Stamp Act

1765

British tax on colonist that stated every printed item must have a stamp.

Quartering Act

1765

Allowed the british soldiers to be housed in public houses.

Townshend Acts

1767

British acts of Parliament relating to the british in America.

Boston Massacre

Mar 5, 1770

British soldiers shot and killed 5 colonist on the streets of Boston.

Tea Act

1773

Act of Parliament to reduce the large amount of tea held by the British East India Company and the help the financially struggling to survive.

Committees of Correspondence

1773

Shadow governments organized by patriot leaders of the thirteen colonies. They spread the colonies interpretation to the rest of the colonist and to foreign countries.

Boston Tea Party

Dec 16, 1773

Colonist mad that Britain was taxing without representation so they protested by dumping 342 chest of tea into the Boston Harbor.

Intolerable Acts

1774

Punitive Laws that were meant to punish the Massachusetts colonist for the Boston Tea Party.

First Constinental Congress

Sep 5, 1774

12 out of the 13 colonies met to discuss their response to the intolerable acts.

Lexington and Concord

Apr 19, 1775

First battles of American Revolutionary War.

Olive Branch Petition

Jul 5, 1775

Final attempt by colonist to avoid going to war with Britain.

Declaration of Independence

Aug 2, 1776

American colonies declare independence from Britain.