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October 7th 1763
After the French and Indian War, the Proclamation of 1763 was made. It set boundaries to where European colonists could settle in America. It was the first official declaration to  affect all Thirteen Colonies, and closed down colonial expansion beyond Appalachia.

Originally, the Proclamation was meant to be temporary, but ended up lasting until just before the Revolutionary War.

Ultimately, due to the want for good farmland and the bitterness towards the royal restrictions, the Proclamation of 1763 failed to stem westward.

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April 5th 1764
The Sugar Act was created to decrease the large quantity of molasses that was being smuggled from the French and Dutch West Indies by lowering the taxes on British molasses. As well, it listed other British goods that were to begin being taxed including sugar, wine and coffee.
Because of the act, Britain essentially gained control over trading with the colonies. However, due to colonial protests, the tax was lowered two years later. Yet, even though the tax was lowered, merchants would still have to purchase more expensive molasses if they planned on trading it. The protected price of British sugar actually even benefited the New England manufacturers, even though they were not fond of it.

The Sugar Act actually made economic depression worse, (especially for rum manufacturers in New England).

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March 25th 1765
This Act meant that Great Britain's soldiers were housed in public houses, against the wills of the people who owned them and with no warning, and if the houses got overpopulated, the soldiers were to be moved to local Inns, etc.

It got to a point where citizens felt that this was putting them at risk due to the fact that foreign soldiers boarding in their cities lead to riots and street brawls. In the course of time, this lead to the Boston Massacre.

Eventually, the act expired in 1770.

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November 1st 1765
The Stamp Act was the first tax put directly on American colonists by the British Parliament. It was put in place because the British Empire was in deep debt after having fought in the Seven Years War a few years before. It created a tax on all paper documents in the colonies and required a stamp on all documents showing proof of payment.
Colonists felt as though they were paying there hard earned money for something that did not even effect them. They were paying for the upkeep of British Troops that were not doing anything in America because the threat of the French was gone.

This caused friction between Britain and the colonies, with the colonies feeling as though they needed representation in British government. This friction only grew stronger for the upcoming 10 years before the Revolutionary War.

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November 20th 1767
The Townshend Acts were created by the Parliament to help pay the expenses involved in governing the American colonies. These initiated taxes on glass, lead, paint, paper, and tea. As well, in response to new taxes, the colonies again decided to discourage the purchase of British imports.

They planned on using the revenue to pay the salaries of all the Governors, and Colonial judges. But it actually led to boycotts of British goods.

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March 5th 1770
The Boston Massacre was caused by American colonists rebelling against the taxes they found to be unfair. 2,000 British soldiers were in the city attempting to get 16,000 colonists to pay the British taxes. It began as only a street brawl between American colonists and a single British soldier. However, it soon escalated to a brutal bloodbath. One soldier heard someone yell fire, causing him to instinctually fire his bayonet. Upon hearing the gunshot, many more soldiers began firing, killing five colonists and wounding six.

The Boston Massacre was a significant event that led up to the Revolutionary War. As it was one of the first serious brawls between the colonists and the British.

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May 10th 1773
The Tea Act of 1773 was one of many taxes implemented on the American colonists by the heavily indebted British government in the time leading up to the American Revolutionary War. The act's main purpose was not to make money off of the colonies but to eradicate the East India Company.

The colonists despised this act and once again believed it to be unfair. This eventually lead into the Boston Tea Party, that happened December 16, 1773.

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December 16th 1773
In 1767, Parliament passed the Townshend Acts, which were created for economic gain off of the colonies. By initiating taxes on British Imports, the British were able to pay other expenses. In 1773, they put in place another act. This act was intended to reinforce taxes on tea not form British ports and was fittingly called the Tea Act. By doing so, it was detrimental the British East India Company.
Both acts angered the colonies, and they coined the phrase "no taxation without representation". This meant that the colonies felt that it was wrong for them to be taxed so heavily by Britain without any colonists in British Parliament making the decision.
Eventually, the colonists rebelled. On December 16 of 1773, roughly 60 men from the colonies disguised themselves as Native Americans, boarded the ships containing cargo, and dumped the 342 chests of British tea into the water of the Boston Harbor. In response to this, the British Parliament passed the Intolerable Acts, pushing colonists even closer to the American Revolution.

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1774
After the Boston Tea Party (when colonists dumped chests of British tea into the Boston Harbor) the British Parliament was outraged. So, they passed a series of laws as punishment against the colonies.
They were called the Intolerable Acts, and they included the following: the Boston Port Act, the Massachusetts Government Act, the Administration of Justice Act, and the Quartering Act.
The Intolerable Acts, also called the Coercive Acts, deeply impacted the colonies, and they were meant to harm all aspects of colonial life. When these extremely severe laws were not repealed, the enraged colonists came together to overthrow the British government, signifying the beginning of the American Revolution.

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September 5th - October 26th 1774
The First Continental Congress occurred in order to organize colonial resistance against the Intolerable Acts which were recently passed by Great Britain.
During the congress, delegates from each of the thirteen colonies, except for Georgia who was currently dependent on Britain, met in Philadelphia to discuss the matter at hands. After much deliberation, they created a Declaration of Rights.
This declaration stated that the colonies would remain loyal to Britain but that Britain could not tax the Colonies without colonial representation in the British Parliament. As well, the First Continental Congress passed the Articles of Association. These stated that if Britain did not repeal the Intolerable Acts, then the colonies would stop importing British goods. With the passing of the Declaration of Rights and the Articles of Association, the colonies provided Great Britain with an ultimatum of wether to deny the colonies requests and lose money or listen to them and lose money.

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April 19th 1775
After many signs of rebellion from the colonies against Britain, including the Boston Tea Party and the First Continental Congress, it was learned from an inside source that British troops (Redcoats) would be marching on Concord. Two couriers, Paul Revere and William Dawes were sent to warn the residents. The two went in separate directions in case one got caught by the British. Paul Revere first went to Charlestown where he learned that the British were coming by sea. The two met in Lexington (just east of Concord), where they sent Samuel Prescott to warn the people in Concord.
On April 19th, 700 British troops arrived in Lexington where they faced 77 militiamen. In response, a British major commanded the Redcoats to stand down. At this moment a shot was fired, no one knows what side it came from, but it cause many more men, from both sides, to shoot. In the end, eight colonists had died and only one Redcoat. The British then continued to Concord where they stole arms and burned everything else. While the British were searching, over 2000 colonists (known as minutemen) arrived, allowing the colonists to dominate over the Redcoats. Eventually, their commander ordered them not to attack and the British were able to flee.
This battle marks the start of the Revolutionary War. By nearly defeating the British in this battle and by having a fairly low number of casualties the colonies were able to prove their strength against Great Britain.