revolution timeline- gael villalobos by Gael Villalobos

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A proclamation made in October 1763 so colonists could not move west of the Appalachian mountains. This made the colonist angry because it limited their freedom.

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An act made in April 1764 that taxed sugar, wine, and coffee. This made the colonists very alarmed and they started to complain. The colonist then started "Taxation" without "representation".

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An act in March 1765 that taxed all printed materials. This made all the colonist very angry with everything being taxed. This led to a break out called the Sons of Liberty.

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The Sons of Liberty was a patriot group that took action against the British policies. They had organized protest, stole stamps, bet stamp masters, etc. There first major action started in August of 1765 in response to the Stamp Act

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The Quartering Act was passed by the parliament in May 1765. This act was made to force the colonists to house and encomiendate British troops. This was the British's response to their outbreaks. They colonists had no choice.

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The Townshend Act was a tariff, in June 1767, on glass, paint, lead, tea, and paper but it repealed the Stamp Act. The colonists were very irritated and organized boycotts of those products.

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This Massacre took place in March of 1770, in which nine British soldiers who killed 5 colonists of a crowd of three or four hundred who were harassing them. This began the talk of Independence

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The Tea Act, in May 1773, was when the parliament gave the British the East India company a monopoly on tea. This lead to the Boston tea party.

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The Boston Tea Party took place in December 1773, where colonists dumped 300 pounds of tea into the Boston Harbor in response to the Tea Act.

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The Intolerable Acts, in May 1774, closed the Boston Harbor and forced the citizens to house British soldiers even more. The colonists got very annoyed but were also scared.

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first meeting of colonial leaders in September-October of 1774. It was asked of King George to grant the colonists the same rights as the British. The colonists were given the right to start their own militia

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Lexington and Concord in April 19th, was the first two battles of the Revolutionary War. Nobody knows who shot the first shot but it started war. The Lexington Battle was the opening shots of the Revolutionary War which leads the Declaration of Independence.