Road to Revolution

French and Indian War

Jul 3, 1754

http://history.state.gov/milestones/1750-1775/FrenchIndianWar The start of the French and Indian War. This war could have caused many people to be angry making it another reason why freedom was wanted

French and Indian War

Feb 10, 1763

http://history.state.gov/milestones/1750-1775/FrenchIndianWar The French and Indian war ended making the other side (the Indian) mad making it another reason to more wars

Proclamation of 1763

Oct 7, 1763

http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/536603/Proclamation-of-1763 The British are crowend because of their victory against the Indians

The Stamp Act of 1765

Mar 22, 1765

http://militaryhistory.about.com/od/americanrevolution/p/stampact.htm The Stamp Act was a parliment to raise money to pay for British taxes

Townshend Act

Jun 15, 1767

http://www.infoplease.com/encyclopedia/history/townshend-acts.html The townshend act was about the Americans putting their own price on British material.

Boston Massacre in 1770

Mar 5, 1770

http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/related/massacre.htm On March,5 1770 there was a street fight called the Boston Massacre formed by the fighting of the British troops and a "patriot" mob making this a perfect start to a revolution to let all their anger out towards the British.

Tea Act

May 10, 1773

http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/related/teaact.htm
Tea was sent to the colonies and sold there for a really high price with high taxes so the colonists didn't want to pay so much taxes which concluded to the Boston Tea Act making this a sign of rebellion.

The Boston Tea Party

Dec 16, 1773

http://www.american-presidents-history.com/boston-tea-party-timeline.htmlOver 5,000 colonists met at the old South Meeting House to protest of the Tea Act dropping down many boxes into the ocean and making this a sign of rebellion towards the Brithish

Intolerable Acts

Mar 31, 1774

http://www.usfca.edu/fac_staff/conwell/revolution/congress.htm
King George III wanted to make new laws and rasie prices in their thing that they buy. The colonists thought this was umfair because of so much taxes people were already giving to the king. This would make the colonists mad.

Lexington and Concord

Apr 19, 1775

http://militaryhistory.about.com/od/americanrevolution/p/lexconcord.htm The govenor of Massachusetts wanted to secure the colonies military supplies to deep them from the patriots militia making the colonists suspicious as to why they would do that.

Declaration of Independence

Jul 4, 1776

http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/declaration_transcript.html The Declaration of Independence was made to show the England ruler that we can brake off of them and make our own decisions without a ruler. This made the King mad and could also be another reason that wars started.