Revolution Timeline

By Isaacojeda34

  • Proclamation of 1763

    Proclamation of 1763
    Picture CitationThe Proclamation of 1763 did not allow the colonies to settle anywhere beyond the Appalachian Mountains. Britain kept 10,000 troops in the colonies to make sure no one violated the king's proclamation.

  • Stamp Act

    Stamp Act
    Picture CitationThe Stamp Act was a tax placed by the British on all printed items in the colonies.

  • Declaratory Act

    Declaratory Act
    Picture CitationStated that parliament had the right to tax and make decisions for all British colonies IN ALL CASES.

  • Townshend Acts

    Townshend Acts
    Picture CitationTownshend act placed a tax on anything imported into the colonies like glass, tea, paper, and lead.

  • Boston Massacre

    Boston Massacre
    Picture CitationA skirmish between British soldiers and the colonists, which ended with the soldiers firing and killing the 5 colonists

  • The Tea Act

    The Tea Act
    Picture CitationThe Tea Act placed a tax on all tea inported to the colonies. It also allowed the British to sell directly to shopkeepers.

  • Boston Tea Party

    Boston Tea Party
    Picture CitationThe Sons of Liberty led by Samuel Adams boarded 3 ships, and threw 342 chests of tea into Boston Harbor.

  • Intolerable Acts

    Intolerable Acts
    Picture CitationA series of laws that violated the colonists rights at citizens. Which included Boston Harbor being closed. Banned town meetings. Allowed British officers to be tried in Britain when accused of crimes, and forced colonists to quarter soldiers in their homes.

  • 1st Continental Congress

    1st Continental Congress
    Picture Citation55 delegates met in Philadelphia to discuss problems with Britain. They wrote a complaint to Britain stating 13 acts they had passed that violated their rights as citizens.

  • Midnight Ride: Revere, Cheswell, Dawes

    Midnight Ride: Revere, Cheswell, Dawes
    picture citationPaul Revere, Wentworth Cheswell, and William Dawes ride to Lexington to warn Samuel Adams, John Hancock and the rest of the militiamen that the British were coming.

  • Lexington & Concord

    Lexington & Concord
    Picture CitationWhere the first shot of the revolution was fired

  • 2nd Continental Congress

    2nd Continental Congress
    Picture CitationThe delegates of the second continental congress included, John Smith, Samuel Adams, Patrick Henry, Richard Henry Lee, and George Washington. During that meeting they chose George Washington as the army's commander.

  • Treaty of Paris

    Treaty of Paris
    Picture CitationThe Treaty of Paris was signed by King george III and his representatives ending the French and Indian War.