Revolutionary War Timeline
1765 Great Britain passed the Stamp Act. The Stamp Act imposed a levy on everything from papers to playing cards on the colonists. This did not sit well with the colonists. 1767 The British imposed the Townshend duties. Townshend duties required American colonists to pay taxes on tea, paint, and a variety of other items. The colonists were enraged by the additional, unjust levies. 1770 A fight between British troops and colonists broke out. The colonists were fed up with being taxed and harassed unjustly. They made the decision to fight back. 1774 The Coercive Acts came into play. The colonists dubbed these laws the Intolerable Acts. The British enacted these regulations in order to force the colonists to comply. April 15, 1775 The Revolutionary War began. The war's initial shots were fired in Massachusetts. Thousands of people volunteered to assist the Continental Army. June 17, 1775 The Battle of Bunker Hill took place. Although the colonists, known as Patriots, lost the battle,