Road to Revolution

Navigation Act

Oct 9, 1651

The Navigation Acts were a series of laws made to restrict England's carrying trade to ships.This encouraged the development of English shipping.

End of Salutary Neglect

Jan 1, 1763

Salutary neglect had come to an end when British began to reinforce restrictions on tax policies to colonies after the french and Indian war

Townshend Act

Jun 29, 1763

This initiative for the act was to help pay the expenses involved in governing American colonies. The Parliament passed this act which made taxes on things like glass,lead paint,tea and paper.

Sons of Liberty

Aug 14, 1763

This was a group established to undermine the British rule in Colonial America, this was highly influential on the Boston tea party.

Proclamation of 1763

Oct 7, 1763

This was issued by the British crown and the end of the French and Indian war. This set territorial limits on where European colonist could settle.

Sugar Act

Apr 5, 1764

The sugar act was aimed to increase taxation on sugars,teas, glasses and led´s. This was to ensure that tax wouldn't be evaded.

Sugar Act

Apr 5, 1764

The sugar act was an adamenlty enforced taxation on sugars in the American Colonies.

Stamp Act

Mar 22, 1765

This was the British attempt to raise revenue through taxation of all colonial commercial and legal papers, newspapers, cards, dice and pamphlets.

Boston Massacre

Mar 5, 1770

This began on March 5, 1770 when 9 British soldiers shot several people in a crowd at the confrontation in Boston. This event was heavily publicized by leader like Paul Revere and Samuel Adams.

Committees of Correspondence

Nov 2, 1772

This was the committees goal to find a way to establish a system to communicate with assembly's in separate colonies. This also was a way to teach there community of there political rights and stop rally´s.

Lexington and Concord

Apr 19, 1773

The battles of Lexington and concord marked the start for the ´War of Independence´.

Second Continental Congress

May 10, 1773

This was a meeting help with the 13 colonies whom supported the America revolution as well as Revolutionary war..This established independence form the British empire.

Boston Tea Party

Dec 16, 1773

An American political/mercantile protest on December 16 which lead to a protest of 60 American Colonist who threw 342 chest of tea into the Boston Harbor

Thomas Paine ¨Common Sense¨

Jan 10, 1774

This consist of a 47- page pamphlet written by Thomas Paine whom advocated for Independence from Great Britain to the people in the 13 colonies.

Intolerable Acts

Jun 2, 1774

The goal of the Intolerable acts were to punish the Massachusetts colony for the event of the Boston Massacre.

First Continental Congress

Sep 5, 1774

This began in Carpenters hall, Philadelphia during the period of the American Revolution.The body of delegates who spoke and were an active helped for the people of the colony states later became the States of America.

Patrick Henry “Give me Liberty or Give me Death” speech

Mar 23, 1775

The main idea of Patrick Henry´s speech was that the British government refused to give colonies any freedom or take away the harmful penalties placed with no fight. During this he argues that colonist need to be ready to fight to defend there freedom.

Olive Branch Petition

Jul 5, 1775

The Olive Branch Petition was a petition signed by the citizens of British colonies located in America as well as King George lll. The Goal of this was to appease the British and create peace between Colonies and British.

Deceleration of Independence

Jul 4, 1776

This is the founding document of the United States.This document states the principles on which of government runs, as well as American principals.