Events leading to the American revolution-EP

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  • Proclamation Line of 1763

    Proclamation Line of 1763

    This line, established by the British government after the French and Indian War, restricted colonial settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains.
  • Sugar Act

    Sugar Act

    Passed in 1764, this act taxed imported sugar, textiles, coffee, and indigo and aimed to raise revenue and reduce smuggling.
  • Stamp Act

    Stamp Act

    Enacted in 1765, this was the first direct tax on the colonies, requiring colonists to purchase stamps for legal documents and printed materials.
  • Townshend Act

    Townshend Act

    These acts, passed in 1767, imposed duties on imported glass, lead, paints, paper, and tea.
  • Tea Act

    Tea Act

    In 1773, Parliament passed this act, giving the British East India Company a monopoly on the tea trade in the colonies, leading to protests like the Boston Tea Party
  • Intolerable/Coercive Acts

    Intolerable/Coercive Acts

    These punitive measures were passed by the British Parliament in 1774 in response to the Boston Tea Party.
  • First Continental Congress

    First Continental Congress

    Delegates from the colonies met in Philadelphia from September 5 to October 26, 1774, to address the Intolerable Acts and colonial grievances.
  • Lexington and Concord

    Lexington and Concord

    These battles on April 19, 1775, are considered the start of the Revolutionary War.
  • Second Continental Congress

    Second Continental Congress

    meeting in May 1775 and continued to act as the governing body during the Revolution, including adopting the Declaration of Independence and the Articles of Confederation.
  • Common sense

    Common sense

    Attacked King George the 3rd arguing that parliament cannot do anything without the king's support
  • Declaration of Independence

    Declaration of Independence

    addressed principles of equality, natural rights, liberty the pursuit of happiness