Events to The Declaration on Independance

By Ian Send

  • The Start of The French and Indian War

    The Start of The French and Indian War
    The start of an imperial war between Great Britain and France, known as the Seven Years War

  • Albany Plan of Union

    Albany Plan of Union
    Plan to place British colonies under a more centralized government.

  • The End of The French and Indian War

    The End of The French and Indian War
    The war ended with the Treaty of Paris in 1763

  • Stamp Act

    Stamp Act
    Law passed by Parliament to increase taxes on the colonies.

  • Boston Massacre

    Boston Massacre
    A street fight that occurred, between a patriot mob and a squad of British soldiers. Several colonists were killed.

  • Boston Tea Party

    Boston Tea Party
    Colonists angry at Britain for imposing taxation without representation, thus they dumped 342 chests of tea into the harbor.

  • Intolerable Acts

    Intolerable Acts
    Laws passed by Parliament after the Boston Tea Party

  • First & Second Continental Congress

    First & Second Continental Congress
    Delegates from the 13 colonies except Georgia met to organize colonial resistance.

  • The Start of The American Revolution

    The Start of The American Revolution
    Americans have had enough of the way they are being treated by Britain.

  • Battle of Lexington and Concord

    Battle of Lexington and Concord
    The battle to start of the American Revolutionary War

  • Declaration of Independence

    Declaration of Independence
    The Declaration summarized the colonists' motivations for seeking independence.

  • The End of The American Revolution

    The End of The American Revolution
    Americans are now free from the reign of Britain