The Road to Independence

By kara16

  • George the third becomes King of England

  • The Stamp Act

    The Stamp Act imposed a direct tax on the colonists.
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    Stamp Act congress meets in New York City

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    Parliament passes the Townshend Acts

    The Townshend Acts are a series of measures passed by the British parliament in 1767 that taxed goods imported to the American colonies.

  • The Boston Massacre

    The Boston Massacre was a deadly riot on King Street in Boston

  • The Adoption of the Declaration of Independence

    The Declaration of Independence is the announcing the separation of 13 north American British colonies from Great Britain.

  • The Coercive Acts

    The Intolerable acts were the Boston Port Act, the Massachusetts Government Act, the Administration of Justice Act, and the Quartering Act.

  • First Shots of the American Revolution

    (Lexington and Concord)

  • The Boston Tea Party

    The Boston tea party was a political protest and defiance of British rule over the colonists.
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    First Continental Congress Meets in Philadelphia

  • The Olive Branch Petition

    The Olive Branch Petition was sent to the kind as a last attempt to prevent formal war from being declared.
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    Second Continental Congress Meets in Philadelphia

  • The Adoption of the Articles of Confederation

  • Treaty of Paris Signed

    This is the official ending of the American Revolution

  • Treaty of Paris Signed

    Official Ending of the American Revolution