Pre-Revolution Timeline

Proclamation of 1763

Oct 7, 1763

There were no colonial settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains but the colonists moved west anyway going against the Proclamation.

Sugar Act

Apr 5, 1764

Taxes were created on foreign-made molasses in the hopes of Colonists would stop smuggling. Colonists continued to smuggle ignoring the Act.

Stamp Act

Mar 22, 1765

This Act required colonist to purchase special stamped paper fir every legal document. The Sons of Liberty harassed custom workers, stamp agents, and sometime royal governors.

Repeal of Stamp Act

1766

Parliament repealed the Stamp Act and to make its power clear they issued the Declaratory Act.

Boston Massacre

Mar 5, 1770

What was once just a simple fight turned into five colonists being killed. Samuel Adams turned this situation to propaganda to show a British attack on defenseless citizens.

Boston Tea Party

Dec 16, 1773

The Colonists dumped 18,000 pounds of the East India Company's tea into the waters of the Boston Harbor to prove a point that they disagree with the Tea Act.

Intolerable Acts

Mar 24, 1774

This is the response to the Boston Tea Party, Parliament shut down Boston Harbor, placed a Quartering Act to place the soldiers in homes, and placed Boston under martial law.

Battle of Trenton

Dec 26, 1776

Happened Christmas night, crossing of the Delaware. Defeated the drunken Hessian in fifteen minutes.

Battle of Princeton

Jan 3, 1777

In this battle George Washington defeats 1200 redcoats. The Battle of Princeton and Trenton both rose morale enlistment.

Battle of Saratoga

Oct 17, 1777

This battle was unrealistic and unorganized but also the turning point of the war. It resulted in French aid which Ben Franklin was responsible for.