Road To The Revolution

Treaty of Paris of 1763

Feb 10, 1763

Picture citation When this document was signed the French and Idian War ended.

Proclamation of 1763

Oct 1, 1763

Picture citation This document prohibits settelment west of the Appalachian Mountains.

Stamp Act

Mar 22, 1765

Picture citation A tax put on all printed items in the colonies.

Declatory Act

Mar 18, 1766

Picture citation Was created after the Stamp Act was repealed.

Townshend Acts

Jun 1, 1767

Picture citation The Townshend Acts placed a tax on all goods not made in the colonies.

Tea Act

May 10, 1773

Picture citation The tax put on tea by Britian went into effect.

Boston Tea Party

Dec 16, 1773

Picture citation Many people dressed up as idians and threw 342 chest of tea into the Boston Harbor.

Intolerable Acts

Mar 31, 1774

Picture citation Laws made to punish the Massachusetts colonists for throwing the 342 chests of tea into Boston Harbor.

1st Continental Congress

Sep 5, 1774

Picture Citation A meeting of 12 delegates from the thirteen colonies started in september and finished in October.

Midnigt Ride

Apr 18, 1775

Picture citation Cheswell, Revere, and Dawes warned people "The British are coming!"

Lexington and Concord

Apr 19, 1775

Picture citation Known as the "Shot heard around the world" and was one of the first battles in the American Revolutionary War.

2nd Continental Congress

May 10, 1775

Picture citation Delegates from the 13 colonies met in Philadelphia.

Boston Massacre

Mar 5, 1776

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