Timeline to Revolution

Treaty of Paris

Feb 10, 1763

Ended the French and Indian war. www.slideshare.net

Proclamation of 1763

Oct 1, 1763

Not able to pass Appalachian mountains with the law. www.haikudeck.com

Stamp Act

Mar 22, 1765

Put tax on everthing in colonies, especially on newspapers and legal and commercial documents. www.landofthebrave.info-

Midnight right; Revere, Cheswell, Dawes

Apr 18, 1765

Warned Lexington and Concord that the British are coming. www.bostonteapartyship.com

Declaratory Act

Mar 18, 1766

Repealed the Stamp Act and gave British Parliment control of the colonies in all cases. adamfletcherseries.com

Townshend Act

Jun 15, 1767

Put tax on glass, lead, paints, paper and tea imported into the colonies earlyamericanhistory1865.weebly.com

Boston Massacre

Mar 5, 1770

British soldiers shooting into a crowd of colonists killing 5. www.eyewitnesstohistory.com

Tea Act

May 10, 1773

Final taxes imposed by Britain on the American colonies. www.history.com

Boston Tea Party

Dec 16, 1773

Boston Sons of Liberty dress up like Indians and dump gallons of tea into Boston Harbor. ltglibraries.libguides.com

Intolerable Acts

Mar 24, 1774

First Continental Congress

Sep 5, 1774

A meeting of delegates from twelve of the thirteen colonies early in the American Revolution. www.bostonteapartyship.com

Second Continental Congress

Oct 26, 1774

A convention of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies met and signed the Declaration of Independence. readingworkbook.blogspot.com

Lexington and Concord

Apr 19, 1775

The first Revolutionary War battle. www.shsu.edu