Major Events Leading to the

American Revolutionary War

1. The French and Indian War (1754-63)

2. The Proclamation of 1763

3. The Sugar Act (4/5/1764)

4. The Quartering Act 1765

5. The Stamp Act (3/22/1765)

6. The Stamp Act Congress (10/7-25/1765)

7. Townshend Acts (6/29/1767)

8. The Boston Massacre (3/5/1770)

9. The Committees of Correspondence 1772

10. The Tea Act 1773

11. The Boston Tea Party (12/16/1773)

12. The Intolerable Acts 1774

13. The First Continental Congress (Philadelphia, 9/5-10/26/1774)

14. The Battle of Lexington and Concord 1775