Timeline Of American revolution

American Revolution Timeline

Period: Jan 2, 1763 to Apr 29, 1775

Treaty Of Paris Of 1763

Feb 10, 1763

googleended the French and Indian war

Proclamation of 1763 Date

Oct 23, 1763

googleprohibits settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains

Stamp Act

Nov 1, 1765

googlePut a Stamp duty on newspapers and commercial documents

Townshend Acts

Jul 23, 1767

googlePlaced a tax on all items the colonists could not make

Boston Massacre

Mar 5, 1770

google5 colonist are killed leading to the removal of British troops

Tea Act

May 10, 1773

google: Forced the colonists to buy tea from the East India Tea Company also the final straw to cause the revolutionary movement in Boston.

Boston Tea Party

Dec 16, 1773

googleThe sons of liberty dressed up like Indians and threw 342 chests of tea in the harbor

Intolerable Acts

Mar 24, 1774

googlemeant to punish the colonist in Boston for their defiance in throwing a large tea shipment into the harbor

1st Continental Congress

Sep 5, 1774

googleBecame the governing body of the united states during the American revolution

Midnight Right

Apr 18, 1775

googlePaul Revere, David Cheswell. And William Dawes warn the colonist that the British are coming

Lexington and Concord

Apr 19, 1775

googleThe Shot Heard Around the world was shot at Lexington and concord and started the revolution

2nd continental congress

May 10, 1775

googleManaged colonial war effort and moved incrementally towards independence also adopting the declaration of independence.

Declatory act

Mar 18, 1776

googleto tell the colonists that Britain had the power to legislate for the colonies” in all cases whatsoever”