Timeline of the Revolution

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  • Passage of the Stamp Act

    Passage of the Stamp Act

    This is the first direct tax on the American colonists and is hostly resisted.
  • British troops occupy Boston

    British troops occupy Boston

    British troops land in Boston to enforce the Townshend duties and clamp down on local radicals.
  • Commities of correspondence established

    Commities of correspondence established

    Commities of correspondence represent an nimportant move toward cooperation, mutual actyion and the development of a national identity among Americans.
  • War breaks out

    War breaks out

    The first shots of the Revolution War are fired at Lexington and Concord in Massachusetts.
  • America declares its Independence

    America declares its Independence

    Independence following a decade of agitation over taxes and a year of war, representives make the break with Britains.