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Timeline of Events of the American Revolution

Battle of Bunker Hill of 1775

Stamp Act of 1765

Townshend Acts of 1767

Tea Act of 1773

Proclamation of 1763

Second Continental Congress of 1775

First Continental Congress of 1774

Intolerable Acts of 1774

In 1767, Parliament passed the Townshend Acts that placed new taxes on only imported goods such as glass, tea, and paper, with the tax being paid at the port of entry. The colonists started to make clothes and tried to make everything they could.

After the battles in the hills the delegates arranged the Second Continental Congress. Benjamin Franklin, John Hancock, and Thomas Jefferson were huge roles in the meeting. They decided to make a Continental Army and John Adams decided that George Washington was to be the commander. They also sent the Olive Branch Petition which was a peace treaty to King George III to try to avoid war.

In 1773, the Parliament passed the Tea Act. This act put taxes on all of the tea in the colonies. The colonists pushed all the ships to not even allow the ships to unload any tea and go back where they came from. The royal officials then forced the ships to unload. This caused the next event to happen, which was the Boston Tea Party.

In 1775, the committees of correspondence called for people to volunteer to join the militia in Boston. On June 16th, the minutemen under Col. William Prescott's control set up at Bunker Hill. They British used their bayonets to fight the Patriots. Due to the colonists losing their ammunition the Colonial shouted "Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes." It was considered a British victory, but the colonists proved they could hold their own and that they could defend themselves.

In 1763, the British and the French were at war for the Ohio River Valley. This war was called the French and Indian War, and it lasted from 1754 to 1763. When the French lost the final battle, the British decided to put out a proclamation. This proclamation was a peace treaty that would end the fighting. It also said that colonists could not move past the Appalachian Mountain trail. Colonists that were there, had to move back. This ended the French and Indian War.

In 1765, the Sugar Act was out and the colonists believe that it violated their rights. But, then the Parliament issued a Stamp Act. The Stamp Act put tax on all printed materials, like newspapers, playing cards, and wills. The colonists were infuriated and started groups like the Sons of Liberty and started to rebel. They formed protests to the Stamp Act, took fire to effigies of tax collectors, and destroyed homes connect to royal officials. After the Sons of Liberty formed, their was a women group called the Daughters of liberty that urged everyone the wear homemade clothes. In New York, the colonists started to form a petition that declared colonies could be taxed except by their own assemblies. Lastly, they started to boycott goods and made merchants sign non-importation agreements that wouldn't let them buy or use goods from Britain.

In 1774, the leaders of Suffolk County put a declaration that the colonists should boycott British goods and repeal the Intolerable Acts. On September 5, twelve delegates out of thirteen showed up to a meeting at Carpenters' Hall in Philadelphia. Some memorable people that attended were John Adams, Sam Adams, John Jay, Patrick Henry, and George Washington. They came to discuss the Suffolk Resolves and repeal all acts from Parliament. They suggested to go back to their colonies and tell the colonists to arm themselves.

King George III in 1774, responded to the Boston Tea Party by establishing the Coercive Acts or the Intolerable Acts. They were supposed to punish the people of Massachusetts and were named intolerable by the colonists. By having these around they closed the Boston harbor until the ruined tea was paid off, and town meetings in New England were banned, and forced the Boston citizens to quarter troops in their homes. The Quebec Act was also passed which gave colonists west of the Appalachian Mountains and north of the Ohio River Valley to Quebec freedom to ignore colonial claims in their areas.

Declaration of Independence of 1776

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In 1776, the Congress got together and wrote a declaration that would make laws that would unite the colonies. It was signed by all of the congress and had John Hancock sign it first. This document was dedicated to giving everyone independence.The Declaration was the end of the American Revolution and the birth of the United States of America.

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Boston Massacre of 1770

Boston Tea Party of 1773

Battle of Lexington and Concord of 1775

Sugar Act of 1764

Olive Branch Petition of 1775

Declaratory Acts of 1766

Common Sense of 1776

Suffolk Resolves of 1774

On December 16, 1773, due to the Tea Act, a group men from the Sons of Liberty dressed up as Mohawk Indians boarded the ships at midnight and threw 342 chests of tea overboard to rebel against the Tea Act. This event was known famously as the Boston Tea Party.

The Olive Branch Petition was produced by the Second Continental Congress. It affirmed that there was to peace and no more fighting and it entreated the King George the III to prevent further conflict. It was later denied by King George the III.

A pamphlet by Thomas Paine that was passed around a lot after the American Revolution started. It insulted the monarchy and King George the III. Many colonists were interested in what it had to say and believed in its meanings.

In 1774, after the Intolerable Acts were issued, the leaders of Suffolk County in Massachusetts put out a declaration. This declaration was called the Suffolk Resolves. The declaration was supposed to repeal the Intolerable Acts, and to have the colonists boycott British trade, and arm themselves against the British.

After the meeting in Philadelphia, thousands of British soldiers lead by Thomas Gage with to take away all weapons and arrest colonial leaders. Then, Thomas Gage learned that the militia was storing ammunition and arms in Concord, Massachusetts. On the night of April 18th, Dr. Joesph Warren saw redcoats marching out of the city. Warren alerted Paul Revere and William Dawes (members of Sons of Liberty). They rode to Lexington to warn Sam Adams and John Hancock that the British were coming. Paul Revere yelled "The Regulars are out!" as he rode into Lexington. Later, a group of minutemen led by Captain John Parker stood their ground. The British realized to militia's gunpowder was removed. Then as they stood in Concord, the "shot heard around the world" was formed because it was the first shot of the American Revolution. After hours of fighting the British won the fight.

In 1768, the protests of the colonists caused Great Britain to be very nervous. They didn't want a rebellion on their hands so they sent troops to Boston which only made matters with the colonists worse. The soldiers were rude and sometimes very violent. On March 5, 1770, a fight broke out between the "red coats" and the colonists. The angry townspeople headed towards the custom house where taxes were collected, and the British fired into the crowed and killed 5 colonists, including a African man named Crispus Attucks. Sam Adams and the Sons of Liberty called it the Boston Massacre and used it as propaganda. Paul Revere made and engraving of the event and Sam Adams organized a Committee of Correspondence that spread political ideas throughout the colonies.

In 1764, the French and Indian War just ended due to the Proclamation of 1763. This war left Britain in a huge debt from paying the soldiers and other things. King George the Third and Parliament believed the colonists should pay and issued new taxes and began to enforce existing taxes more strictly. Parliament passed the Sugar Act which issued the tax on sugar. The act also let officers seize away goods that colonists were smuggling with out them having the right to go to court. Colonists believed that the Sugar Act and the writs of assistance (issued that they could take away goods without court as well) violated their rights. The future member of the Sons of Liberty used the slogan: "no taxation without representation."

In 1766, Parliament started to look at what was happening. They then decided to repeal the Stamp Act. But, they also put out the Declaratory Act that stated Parliament had the right to tax and make decisions for the British colonies "in all cases". The colonists were probably relieved to have the taxes gone, but still angered by Britain had control.

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