Revolution timeline

Revolution Timeline

  • 1) Treaty Of Paris

    1) Treaty Of Paris
    Conflict signes by Great Britain, France, and Spain. The treaty ended the war.
  • 2) Proclamation Act

    2) Proclamation Act
    An act passed by King George to spilt the territories up with an imaginary line.
  • 3) The Sugar Act

    3) The Sugar Act
    Parliament which stated colony people pay taxes on foreign molasses.
  • 4) The Stamp Act

    4) The Stamp Act
    New tax law which made all American colonists pay taxes on every piece of printed paper they used.
  • 5) The Quartering Act

    5) The Quartering Act
    Act which stated troops could be quartered in barracks. If the barracks ran out of room, the troops were quartered in public houses or inns.
  • 6) Declaration of rights and Grievances

    Document written by the Stamp Act Congress stating taxes on British colonists without consent was unconstituational.
  • 7) Declaratory Act

    Accompanied the repeal of the stamp act and changed the sugar act.
  • 8) Stamp Act Repealed

    8) Stamp Act Repealed
    The time when the British parliament repeals the Stamp Act.
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    9) Townshend Act

    Series of 4 acts passed by the British parliament.
  • 10) Boston Massacre

    10) Boston Massacre
    British Army Soldiers killed 5 male civillians and injured 6 others.
  • 11) Committee of Correspondence

    11) Committee of Correspondence
    Virginia House of Burgesses stated each colonial legislature appoint a standing committee.
  • 12) Tea Act

    12) Tea Act
    Launched the final spark to the revolutionary movement in Boston. Was not suppose to raise revenue in the colonies.
  • 13) Boston Tea Party

    13) Boston Tea Party
    Political protest by the sons od liberty in Boston. They dumped all the tea in the harbor.
  • 14) Intolerable Acts

    14) Intolerable Acts
    Act passes to punish the colonists for the Boston Tea Party.
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    15) 1st Continental Congress

    Meeting with all the colonies leader to talk about the next move against the British.
  • 16) Lexington and Concord

    16) Lexington and Concord
    First military engagements of the Revolutionary war.
  • 17) Bunker HIll

    17) Bunker HIll
    Battle that took place early in the revolutionary war. The British defeated the Americians.
  • 18) Appeal to Reason Rejected

    18) Appeal to Reason Rejected
    Final attempt to avoid a full-on war between the colonies.
  • Common Sense

    Common Sense
    A pamphlet written by Thomas Paine explaining to the people why they must fight against the king and British.
  • Declaration Of Independence

    Declaration Of Independence
    Summary of the rights of the America. The "birth" of the colonies.