Road to Revolution Timeline

French and Indian War started

May 28, 1754

https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/US_History/Road_to_RevolutionThe War, which began in 1754, was the fourth colonial conflict between England and France. Unlike the three previous conflicts, this one began in America. French and British soldiers butted heads over control of the Ohio Valley. The Ohio Valley was important because it provided fur traders access to cities and ports on the East Coast. This business was very profitable. Another desired territory was the Mississippi River Valley, the entry point to the frontier in the west.

French and Indian War ended

Feb 10, 1763

https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/US_History/Road_to_RevolutionThe war in North America officially ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris on 10 February 1763, and war in the European theatre of the Seven Years' War was settled by the Treaty of Hubertusburg on 15 February 1763.

Proclamition of 1763

Oct 7, 1763

https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/US_History/Road_to_RevolutionThe Royal Proclamation of 1763 was issued October 7, 1763, by King George III following Great Britain's acquisition of French territory in North America after the end of the French and Indian War/Seven Years' War,

Stamp act

Mar 22, 1765

https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/US_History/Road_to_Revolutionan 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. Colonial opposition led to the act's repeal in 1766 and helped encourage the revolutionary movement against the British Crown.

Townshend act

Apr 12, 1767

https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/US_History/Road_to_RevolutionThe 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. The acts are named after Charles Townshend, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, who proposed the program.

Boston Massacre

Mar 5, 1770

https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/US_History/Road_to_RevolutionThe Boston Massacre was a street fight that occurred on March 5, 1770, between a "patriot" mob, throwing snowballs, stones, and sticks, and a squad of British soldiers. Several colonists were killed and this led to a campaign by speech-writers to rouse the ire of the citizenry

Tea act

May 10, 1773

https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/US_History/Road_to_RevolutionTea Act of 1773 (13 Geo 3 c 44) was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain.

Boston tea party

Dec 16, 1773

https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/US_History/Road_to_RevolutionThe 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://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/US_History/Road_to_RevolutionThe 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.large tea shipment into Boston harbor.

Lexington and Concord

Apr 19, 1775

https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/US_History/Road_to_RevolutionThe Battles of Lexington and Concord were the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War.

Declaration of Independence

Jul 4, 1776

https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/US_History/Road_to_RevolutionThe Declaration of Independence is the statement adopted by the Continental Congress meeting at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on July 4, 1776, which they made a deal to it. announced that the thirteen American colonies then at war with Great Britain,.