American Revolution Timeline (from the Proclamation of 1763 - the battle of Lexington and Concord)

(British)
Proclamation of 1763
Once the Native Americans retreated after Pontiac's Rebellion, the British issued the Proclamation of 1763, which forbade colonists to settle west of the Appalachian Mts.
(Colonist)
Proclamation of 1763
The colonists were angry about the proclamation. They thought that they had won the right to settle the Ohio River Valley. The British government was angry with the colonists, who did not want to pay for their own defense.
(British)
Sugar Act
In 1764, parliament passed the Sugar Act. This law placed a tax on sugar, molasses, and other products shipped direc…