revolutionary timeline

  • french and Indian war

    french and Indian war
    The French and Indian War pitted the colonies of British America against those of New France, each side supported by military units from the parent country and by American Indian allies.
    1754-1763. (i had to put random date because there is no exact day)
  • The proclamation of 1763

    The proclamation of 1763
    declared by the British crown at the end of the French and Indian War in North America, mainly intended to conciliate the Native Americans by checking the encroachment of settlers on their lands.
  • sugar act

    sugar act
    was the first tax on the American colonies imposed by the British Parliament.
  • Boston Massacre

    Boston Massacre
    The Boston Massacre, known to the British as the Incident on King Street, was a confrontation on March 5, 1770, in which British soldiers shot and killed several people while being harassed by a mob in Boston.
  • The Boston Tea Party

    The Boston Tea Party
    The Boston Tea Party was a political and mercantile protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston
  • boston blockade

    boston blockade
    the Boston Port Act takes effect, closing down Boston Harbor from all shipping and trade in punishment for the Boston Tea Party.
  • intolerable acts

    intolerable acts
    were punitive laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774 after the Boston Tea Party.
  • continental congress

    continental congress
    was initially a convention of delegates from a number of British American colonies at the height of the American Revolution, who acted collectively for the people of the Thirteen Colonies
  • the declaration of independence

    the declaration of independence
    The United States Declaration of Independence is the pronouncement adopted by the Second Continental Congress
  • taxes

    taxes
    The first income tax was created in 1861 during the Civil War as a mechanism to finance the war effort.