Road to Revolution Timelne

French and Indian War

May 28, 1754

https://history.state.gov/milestones/1750-1775/french-indian-warThe French and Indian Was was a 7 year war.The war was not a great start for the British.The colonial leaders failed to cooperate with the british government. If The war did not end before May 2, 1761 they were originally going to pressure the british into a pace agreement. THe war ended with a treaty of paris in 1763.

Proclamation of 1763

Oct 7, 1763

http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/w/Proclamation_of_1763After the French And Indian war ended they issued a proclamtion. The proclamtion was then closed down colonial expansion westard. The Proclamtion was temporay. British Prompted ministers to keep it unitl the eve of Revolution.

Stomp Act

Mar 22, 1765

http://www.history.org/history/teaching/tchcrsta.cfm The Stomp Act wa passed by British Parliment. Ne taxes was imposed on all of the Americans Colonists. They required them to pay a tax on every piece of printed paper. Stomp Acts actual cost was relatively small.

Townshend Act

Jun 15, 1767

http://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/townshend-acts This Townshend Act imposed duties on glass, lead, paints,paper and tea imported into the colonies. many Americans viewed this taxation as an abuse of power, resulting in the passage of agreements.

Boston Massacre

Mar 5, 1770

http://www.bostonmassacre.net/The Boston Massacre was the killing of five colonist by British regulars. The first British troops arrived in boston on October.There was continuous antaonism between people of Boston and those that were trying to enforce the King's rule.

Tea Act

May 10, 1773

http://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/tea-act The Tea Act wa one of several measures imposed on the American colonists. The acts main purpose was not to rise revenue form the colonies but to bail out the floundering East India Company. The British government granted the Company a monopoly on the importaion and sale of tean in the colonies.

Boston Tea Party

Dec 16, 1773

http://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/boston-tea-partyThe Boston Tea Pary was politcal protest by the sons of Liberty in Boston. This famed act of American colonial defianced served as a prostest against taxation. British Parliment adjested imprts duties with the passage of the Tea Act.

Intolerable Acts

Mar 24, 1774

http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/related/intolerable.htmThe Intolerable Acts were the American Patriot's terms for a series of punitive lawas passed by the British Parliment after the Boston Tea Party. Thery were ment to punish the Massachusetts Colonies for thier defiance in throwing a large tea shpment into the Boston Harbor.

lexington and Concord

Apr 19, 1775

http://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/battles-of-lexington-and-concordTensions have been building for many years between residents of the 13 American Colonies and the British authorities, particularly in Massachusetts. Hundreds of Britsh troops marched from Boston to near by Concord in order to seize an armed cache. Great Britain enacted a series of measures aimed at raising revenue from it's 13 American Colonies.

Declaraton of Independence

Jul 4, 1776

http://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/declaration-of-independenceWhen an armed colflict between bands of American colonists and British Soldiers bnegan in 1775, the Americans were fighting only for thier rights as subjects of the British crown. A five-man committee including Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, and Benjamin Franklin was tasked with drafing a fromal statement of the colonies' intertions. One July 4, a date now celebrated as the birth of American Independence.