Road to the American Revolution

Sugar Act

Apr 5, 1764

Parliament lowered the tax on molasses to make colonies buy more from Britain instead of smuggling from the French and Spanish.

Stamp Act

Mar 22, 1765

British tax on printed paper in the American colonies.

Declaratory Act

Mar 18, 1766

Declared that Parliament could tax the American colonies.

Townshend Acts

Jun 29, 1767

British taxes on glass, lead, paints, paper, and tea.

Boston Massacre

Mar 5, 1770

A street fight between a patriot mob and British soldiers occurred in the streets of Boston.

Tea Act

May 10, 1773

American colonies are only permitted to sell tea from the British tea company.

Boston Tea Party

Dec 16, 1773

Colonists dressed as Indians boarded merchant ships in Boston Harbor and threw all the tea overboard.

Intolerable Acts

1774

Harsh laws passed by Parliament to punish the American colonists for protesting.

Lexington and Concord

Apr 19, 1775

First battles of the American Revolution

Repeal Stamp Act

Mar 18, 1776

Nullified the Stamp Act of 1775