Road to The Revolution Timeline

Proclamation Of 1763

Oct 7, 1763

This was the first of the laws that Paraliment made. It said that the colonist could not settle west of the Applachian Mountians. This angered the colonist ,so many ingnored the law.

Sugar Act

Apr 5, 1764

The act lowered the tax on molasses. This cause decrease in the people the colonists could sell to and this act incouraged the Stamp Act revolt.

Stamp Act

Mar 22, 1765

This act caused everything that was printed to be taxed. The colonists responded with violence adn anger. This helped lead to the war.

Quartering Act

Mar 24, 1765

This was an act the British passed, that said colonists feed and left British force sstay in their houses. They soliders could barge into someones home and demand shelter and food. This caused the colonists to become very angry.

Townshed Act

Jun 29, 1767

This act taxed all goods imported into the colonies.This angered the colonist more.

Boston Massacre

Mar 5, 1770

This was a street fight that took place between the colonists and the British soliders. 3 were killed and 8 were wounded. This would be the start of the revolution.

Boston Tea Party

Dec 16, 1773

Th colonist were angry at the acts Paraliment made, so colonist dressed as Native Americans and dumped a tea shipment into the Boston Harbor.

Intolerable Acts

Mar 31, 1774

The government pulled allt he laws except for the one on tea. This happened as a result to the Boston Tea Party and will lead to the rebellion of the colonies.

1st Continental Congress Meets

Sep 5, 1774

This event was when people from the colonies came together to vote on banning all trade with England. This started the colonies to prepare troops for the upcoming war.

Battle of Lexington and Concord

Apr 19, 1775

This event was the battle that started it all. The British, Loyalists fought the colonist, Patriots. This was when the war, against England had began.

2nd Continental Congress Meets

May 10, 1775

This wasthe meeting to agree on the Continental Army. This was when the colonies started to become a government.

Battle of Bunker Hill

Jun 17, 1775

The colonist lost the battle to the British, but it showed the colonists could hold their own aganist the British army.

Olive Branch Petition

Jul 5, 1775

This was a document that stated the issues that the colonist had with Parliment and the British Crown. The British Crown refused and this outraged the colonists into a rebellion.

Publication of Common Sense

Jan 15, 1776

This was a pamphlet that said the American colonist should break away form England completly. This caused independence to become very popular in the colonies.

British retreat from Boston

Mar 17, 1776

This was when 9,000 British soliders left Boston. Eventhough houses were destroyed the city was still there.

Signing of the Decalartion of Independence

Jul 4, 1776

This document stated that the colonies were broken away form England and it said that they were self governing. It said that the colnist had finally become free from England.