Timeline of the Revolutionary War 1754–1763 The French and Indian War 1754 June 19–July 11: The Albany Congress 1763 Oct. 7: Proclamation of 1763 1764 April 5: The Sugar Act September 1: The Currency Act 1765 March 22: The Stamp Act March 24: The Quartering Act of 1765 May 29: Patrick Henry's "If this be treason, make the most of it!" speech May 30: The Virginia Stamp Act Resolutions Oct. 7–25: The Stamp Act Congress 1766 March 18: The Declaratory Act 1767 June 29: The Townshend Revenue Act 1768 August 1: Boston Non-Importation Agreement 1770 March 5: The Boston Massacre 1772 June 9: The Gaspee Affair 1773 May 10: The Tea Act Dec. 16: The Boston Tea Party 1774 March 31: Boston Port Act, one of the "Intolerable Acts" May 20: Administration of Justice Act, one of the "Intolerable Acts" May 20: Massachusetts Government Act, one of the "Intolerable Acts" June 2: Quartering Act of 1774, one of the "Intolerable Acts" June 22: Quebec Act, one of the "Intolerable Acts" Sept. 5–Oct. 26: The First Continental Congress meets in Philadelphia and issues Declaration and Resolves Oct. 10: Battle of Point Pleasant, Virginia (disputed as to whether it was a battle of the American Revolution or the culmination of Lord Dunmore's War) Oct. 20: The Association (prohibition of trade with Great Britain) Oct. 24: Galloway's Plan rejected
The British government decided to make the American colonies pay a large share of the war debt from the French and Indian War. Through the Sugar Act, Stamp Act, and other taxes, the British tried to collect taxes that the American people considered harsh.
after the end of the french and indian war there where disputes of frontier policy and paying the war expenses which led to colonial discontent and also helped with starting the american revolution.
