Conflicts that led to the american revolution

  • French and indian war

    French and indian war

    England and the colonist faught against the french and native americans.
  • proclamation of 1763

    proclamation of 1763

    The Proclamation Line of 1763 was a British-produced boundary marked in the Appalachian Mountains at the Eastern Continental Divide. The Proclamation Line prohibited Anglo-American colonists from settling on lands acquired from the French following the French and Indian War.
  • sugar act

    sugar act

    Passed in order to end the smuggling of sugar and molasses from the french and dutch people by reducing the tax on molasses
  • the stamp act

    the stamp act

    The Stamp Act of 1765 was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain which imposed a direct tax on the British colonies in America and required that many printed materials in the colonies be produced on stamped paper produced in London, carrying an embossed revenue stamp.
  • boston massacre

    boston massacre

    Britsh colonist were harrassing british red coats and the red coats opened fire on the colonist leaving 5 people dead.
  • tea act

    tea act

    The act granted the company the right to ship its tea directly to the colonies without first landing it in England, and to commission agents who would have the sole right to sell tea in the colonies.
  • boston tea party

    boston tea party

    sons of liberty board 3 british ships dreessed as indians and dump 342 chest full of tea into the harbor.
  • intolerable acts

    intolerable acts

    A group of acts designed to make the lives of the colonist miseable as a response to the boston tea party.
  • battles at lexington and concord

    battles at lexington and concord

    The first battles of the american revolution also know as the shots heard around the world.
  • olive branch petition

    olive branch petition

    The Olive Branch Petition was a final attempt by the colonists to avoid going to war with Britain during the American Revolution. It was a document in which the colonists pledged their loyalty to the crown and asserted their rights as British citizens.