Road to Revolution Timeline

French and Indian War

May 28, 1756

http://www.history.com/topics/french-and-indian-war the war lasted from 1756 to 1763, forming a chapter in the imperial struggle between Britain and France called the Second Hundred Years’ War.

Proclamation of 1763

Oct 7, 1763

The Royal Proclamation of 1763 was issued October 7, 1763, by King George III

Stamp Act

Oct 22, 1765

http://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/stamp-actan act of the British Parliament in 1756 that exacted revenue from the American colonies by imposing a stamp duty on newspapers and legal and commercial documents.

Townshend Act

Jun 29, 1767

<a href='http://www.google.com/search?safe=active&biw=1280&bih=879&noj=1&q=Townshend+act&oq=Townshend+act&gs_l=serp.3.o..242619.250137.0.250937.22.4.0.0.0.0.0.0..0.0.ekpsrh...0...1.1.64.serp..22.0.0.0.r2J-TB0nkAM&safe=active' >https://www.google.com/search?safe=active&biw=1280&bih=879&noj=1&q=Townshend+act&oq=Townshend+act&gs_l=serp.3.o..242619.250137.0.250937.22.4.0.0.0.0.0.0..0.0.ekpsrh...0...1.1.64.serp..22.0.0.0.r2J-TB0nkAM&safe=active</aThe Townshend Acts were 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

https://www.google.com/search?q=Boston+MassacreThe Boston Massacre was a street fight that occurred on March 5, 1770, between a patriot mob, throwing snowballs, stones, and sticks

Tea Act

Oct 22, 1773

https://www.google.com/search?safe=active&biw=1280&bih=879&noj=1&q=%E2%80%A2%09Tea+Act&oq=%E2%80%A2%09Tea+Act&gs_l=serp.3...241521.241521.0.242471.1.1.0.0.0.0.0.0..0.0.ekpsrh...0...1.2.64.serp..1.0.0.5ymTlSekX2Q&safe=activeThe Tea Act was the final straw in a series of unpopular policies and taxes

Boston Tea Party

Dec 16, 1773

www.google.com/search?q=Boston+Tea+Party&safe=activeThe 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

https://www.google.com/search?safe=active 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.

Decleration of Independence

Jul 4, 1776

The Declaration of Independence is the statement adopted by the Continental Congress meeting at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on July 4, 1776, which announced that the thirteen American colonies

Lexington and Concord

Oct 22, 2015

April 19, 1775, he would send out regiments of British soldiers quartered in Boston. Their destinations were Lexington