This timeline outlines key events leading up to the American Revolution from 1765 to 1775. It shows that Parliament passed the Stamp Act in 1765 to raise money from the colonies after the French and Indian War, which led colonial leaders to hold a meeting in New York City to protest. Samuel Adams began thinking of ways to protest the Stamp Act. Parliament repealed the Stamp Act in 1766 after bitter protests. Tensions continued to rise as Parliament passed other taxes and acts that angered colonists, culminating in the first battles of the American Revolution in 1775.

1. Timeline
by : Jacklyn
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2. 1765
• Parliament passed the Stamp Act .
• The American colonies already had a
long tradition of self Government
• After the french and indian war
, parliament passed the Stamp Act to
help raise money .
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3. 1765
• Leaders from nine colonies held a
meeting in New York City .
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4. 1765
• Samuel Adams was thinking about how
to protest the Stamp Act .
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5. 1766
• Parliament repealed the Stamp Act
after bitter protest in the colonies .
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6. 1767
• Parliament passed the town shed acts
, causing colonists to boycott british .
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7. 1768
• British ships arrived in boston Harbor .
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8. March 5 , 1770
• The city was ready to explode . When
angry colonists surrounded Hugh White
and his fellow soldiers , the soldiers
panicked killing five .
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9. 1772
• Samuel Adams formed a committee of
correspondence .
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10. 1773
• Committees of correspondence began
writing about the tea act , A new law
passed by the parliament .
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11. 1773
• Disguised as mohawks colonists
dumped british tea into the boston
harbor to protest the Tea Act .
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12. September ,1774
• Representatives from every colony
except Georgia met at the first
continental congress .
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13. 1775
• Tensions between Britain and the
colonists exploded into the first battles
of the American Revolution .
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