Revolutionary War Timeline

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  • Treaty of Paris 1763

    A treaty that terminated the 7-years war

  • Proclamation of 1763

    Closed all regions west of the Appalachian Mountains to settlement by colonists/angered colonists

  • Sugar Act

    Reduced tax on molasses, but reinforced the tax

  • Stamp Act

    A tax on all documents in the colonies, must have stamp to be official.

  • Quartering Act

    Colonists must provide housing and and supplies for stationed British troops.

  • Declatory Act

    Repealsa stamp act, but allows England to regulate colonists.

  • Townshend Acts

    Tax on paper lead glass paint and tea. Solely for revanue

  • Boston Massacre

    Mishap between colonists and British. 5 Shot and killed

  • Boston Tea Party

    Colonists disquised as indians throw tea overboard british ships.

  • Intolerable Acts

    British response to Boston Tea Party

  • 1st continental congress

    12 of 13 colonies discuss the British acts