The Revolution of the America's

Proclamation of 1763

Oct 7, 1763

The proclamation of 1763 was set in place to keep the british settlers off the indian land west of the appalachians. This was set down hoping it would help avoid conflicts with the indians but most settlers ignored it.

Sugar Act of 1764

Apr 5, 1764

The sugar act of 1764 imposed taxes on sugar, mollases, and multiple other items. This tax actually lowered the taxes on mollases but it also increased the effort to enforce it.

Stamp Act of 1765

Mar 22, 1765

The Stamp Act of 1765 placed a tax on all printed goods. There was lots of opposition becuase they had no say or representation in parliment. This act was enforced strongly.

Quartering Act of 1765

Mar 24, 1765

The Quartering Act of 1765 stated that all colonists living in a stable condition must house a soldier with everything they need. This act increased the bitterness and hate towards the british.

Stamp Act congress

Oct 7, 1765

This was the first gathering of colonial representatives from multiple colonies. The congress' plan was to make sure that the acts forced upon them by parliment werent too extreme. They also said that parliment shoulnd't be able to tax them without someone from the colonies representing them.

Declaratory Act of 1766

Mar 18, 1766

This act stated that parliments rule over the colonies was the same as their rule over britain. This meant they had every right to tax the colonists how they wanted.

Townshend Acts 1767

Jan 1, 1767

This act was put in place to enforce all other acts and make sure the colonies followed them. It was also created to establsh a better rule for parliment over the colonies.

Boston Massacre 1770

Mar 5, 1770

Protesters in boston surrounded a small group of british soldiers one of whom's gun "accidentally" went off killing one person which at that point they opened fire by the end killling 5.

Tea Act 1773

May 10, 1773

This was a tax placed on common import items such as tea, and clothing. The colonists showed their anger towards the act with the boston tea party protest.

Boston Tea Party 1773

Dec 16, 1773

The sons of liberty were involved in this rebellion against the british tea act. late at night they snuck up onto british ships and dumped over 1 million dollars worth of tea overboard. In the process stopping the british from collecting the tax on it.

Intolerable Acts of 1774

Mar 5, 1774

This act was passed because of the Boston Tea Party incident. It was supposed to stop the other colonies from resulting to such extremes but it actually just caused more tension.

Quebec Act of 1774

Jun 22, 1774

This act created the laws that helped govern teh area of Quesbec. The laws were made up using a mixture of French and British ideas.

1st Continental Congress

Sep 5, 1774

A meeting of the delegates from only 12 of all 13 colonies. the congress met to discuss what they should do about the Intolerable Acts, it was also the first step towards unification.

Battles of Lexington and Concord

Apr 19, 1775

These two battles were both fought in Massachussetts and are the 2 very first battles of the war. They really start the war with these battles.

2nd Continental Congress

May 10, 1775

This was a meeting of delegates from all 13 colonies. It was held to discuss the matter of moving towards independence from britain and the war effort of the colonies.

Olive Branch Petition

Jul 1, 1775

This was a petition created solely to avoid full blown war with britian. It stated that the colonies were still under full control of Great Britain.

Declaration of Independence

Jul 4, 1776

This was a document written on the 4th of july stating that all of the 13 colonies were free and seperate from the control of Great Britain and that they now saw themselves as free and independent.