Road to Revolution Timeline

French and Indian War

May 28, 1754

WikipediaThe war was between colonies British America and New France, they both had Native Americans for allies and were supported by there parent colonies. It was started over the forks of Ohio.

Stamp Act

Mar 22, 1756

WikipediaThe act of British Parliament, that imposed stamp duty on newspapers

Proclamation of 1763

Oct 7, 1763

WikipediaThe Royal Proclamation of 1763 was issued October 7, 1763, by King George III were Pennsylvania could be self governed

Townshend Acts

Jun 15, 1767

WikipediaThe Townshend Acts was a series of acts passed, beginning in 1767, by the Parliament of Great Britain relating to the British colonies in North America.

Boston Massacre

Mar 5, 1770

WikipediaA street fight were a patriot mob and British soldiers fought throwing sticks, snowballs, and stones at each other

Tea Act

May 10, 1773

WikipediaTea Act of 1773 (13 Geo 3 c 44) was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain. The principal objective was to reduce the massive surplus of tea.

Boston Tea Party

Dec 6, 1773

WikipediaThe Boston Tea Party (initially referred to by John Adams as "the Destruction of the Tea in Boston") was a political protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston, on December 16, 1773.

Intolerable Acts

Mar 24, 1774

[Wikipedia](en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intolerable_Acts)The Intolerable Acts were the American Patriots' term for a series of punitive laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774 after the Boston Tea party.

Lexington and Concord

Apr 17, 1775

WikipediaThe Battles of Lexington and Concord were the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War.

Declaration of Independence

Jul 4, 1776

[Wikipedia](en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independence_Day_(United_States))Independence Day of the United States, also referred to as Fourth of July or July Fourth in the U.S., is a federal holiday commemorating the adoption of the Declaration of IndependenceI.