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Road to Revolution Timeline

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  • Treaty of Paris

    Treaty of Paris

    This was the agreement signed that ended the French and Indian/7 Years War between the French and British.
  • Proclamation Act

    Proclamation Act

    This was an attempt to establish a western border at the Appalachian Mountains for the 13 colonies.
  • The Sugar Act

    The Sugar Act

    This was an act passed to renew the sugar and molasses act of 1733, an act that had taxed merchants of sugar.
  • Stamp Act

    Stamp Act

    Parliament passed an act where every printed document now has a tax.
  • The Quartering Act

    The Quartering Act

    The was an acted passed by the British, in which the colonists would need to house the British soldiers in times of war.
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    Stamp Act Congress

    This was the first congress held by the American people. It was in response to the stamp act passed by parliament
  • Declaration of Rights and Grievances

    Declaration of Rights and Grievances

    This was a document written by the Stamp Act Congress; No taxation without representation.
  • Stamp Act Repealed

    Stamp Act Repealed

    Due to all the protests conducted by the colonists, the stamp act had been removed by parliament.
  • Declaratory Act

    Declaratory Act

    This act came with the repeal of the stamp act. It stated that Parliament had the same taxing rights in America as in Great Britain.
  • Townshend Act

    Townshend Act

    The British had created multiple law that taxed glass, lead, paints, paper and tea imported into the colonies.
  • Boston Massacre

    Boston Massacre

    This was an argument that got wildly of a hand between the British soldiers and the colonists in Boston, even though only few had actually died.
  • Committee of Correspondence

    Committee of Correspondence

    This was a gathering that showed a shadow to what the government will become
  • Tea Act

    Tea Act

    An act that put tax on tea.
  • Boston Tea Party

    Boston Tea Party

    This was a reaction to the tea act it. The sons of liberty dumped the tea being imported into the harbor.
  • Intolerable Acts

    Intolerable Acts

    These were five acts passed in response to the Boston tea party.
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    1st Continental Congress

    Twelve of the thirteen colonies had delegates meet in the early part of the revolution.
  • Lexington & Concord

    Lexington & Concord

    The first battle in the American Revolution. It was the shot heard around the world that no one know who shot it.
  • Bunker Hill

    Bunker Hill

    This was a British victory in Massachusetts in the early days of the American Revolution.
  • Appeal to Reason Rejected

    Appeal to Reason Rejected

    King George refused to accept the American colonist offer for peace and independence, starting the revolution
  • Common Sense

    Common Sense

    This was a pamphlet written by Thomas Paine as to why the colonist should be free from England.
  • Declaration of Independence

    Declaration of Independence

    This the written document that outlined the government for America.