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Events leading to the Revolution Timeline

  • Sugar Act

    Sugar Act
    First tax enacted by the British against the colonists for the purpose of raising revenue. Colonists weren't happy about this because of the economic consequences.
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    Sugar Act

    First tax enacted by the British against the colonists for the purpose of raising revenue. Colonists weren't happy about this because of the economic consequences.
  • Stamp Act

    Stamp Act
    Colonists had to pay a tax represented by a stamp on various papers, documents, and playing cards.
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    Stamp Act

    Colonists had to pay a tax represented by a stamp on various papers, documents, and playing cards.
  • Townshed Act

    Townshed Act
    A series of taxes and laws imposed upon the colonists. Taxes on grass, plant, oil, lead, paper, and tea.
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    Townshed Act

    A series of taxes and laws imposed upon the colonists. Taxes on grass, plant, oil, lead, paper, and tea.
  • Boston Masscare

    Boston Masscare
    British soldiers in Boston opened fire on a group of colonists killing five men. Colonists reestablished the committees of correspondence.
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    Boston Masscare

    British soldiers in Boston opened fire on a group of colonists killing five men. Colonists reestablished the committees of correspondence.
  • Tea Act

    Tea Act
    Provided economic support to the failing of the East India Company by allowing it to sell overstocked tea to the colonists. The colonists became more active in their anti-British protests.
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    Tea Act

    Provided economic support to the failing of the East India Company by allowing it to sell overstocked tea to the colonists. The colonists became more active in their anti-British protests.
  • Intolerable Acts

    Intolerable Acts
    Intolerable Acts were passed to punish the colonists for the Boston tea party. The colonists were very angry about this.
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    Intolerable Acts

    Intolerable Acts were passed to punish the colonists for the Boston tea party. The colonists were very angry about this.
  • Second Continental Congress

    Second Continental Congress
    This managed the colonial war effort and moved incrementally towards independence, adopting the Declaration of Independence.
  • Lexington and Concord

    Lexington and Concord
    This is the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War. Colonists lost many minutemen. This constituted the first military conflicts of the American Revolution
  • Battle of Bunker Hill

    Battle of Bunker Hill
    British defeated the Americans at The Battle of Bunker Hill. 73 killed from British,174 wounded and 26 missing. Gave colonists hope and confidence.
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    Lexington and Concord

    This is the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War. Colonists lost many minutemen. This constituted the first military conflicts of the American Revolution
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    Battle of Bunker Hill

    British defeated the Americans at The Battle of Bunker Hill. 73 killed from British,174 wounded and 26 missing. Gave colonists hope and confidence.
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    Second Continetal Congress

    This managed the colonial war effort and moved incrementally towards independence, adopting the Declaration of Independence.