Road to Revolution

  • French and Indian War

    French and Indian War

    This contributed to the rising tensions because the French and Indian war put England into a lot of debt and England started taxing the colonists 
  • Proclamation of 1763

    Proclamation of 1763

    This contributed to the rising of tensions because the proclamation made it to where the colonists couldn’t settle west of the Appalachian mountains
  • Sugar Act

    Sugar Act

    This contributed to the rising of tensions because Parliament taxed sugar and glucose and it was the first act Parliament enacted 
  • Stamp Act

    Stamp Act

    This contributed to the rising tensions because Parliament made all papers and legal documents have a stamp on them putting strain on lawyers and other business
  • Boston Massacre 

    Boston Massacre 

    This contributed to the rising of tension because the colonists were antagonizing British officials and British Officials got nervous shooting and killing five Bostonians  
  • Tea Act

    Tea Act

    This contributed to the rising of tensions because Parliament made it to where colonists could only buy tea from the East India Tea Company.
  • Boston Tea Party

    Boston Tea Party

    This contributed to the rising of tensions because the colonists reacted to the Tea Act by sneaking aboard an England ship and dumping 342 chests of tea into the ocean.
  • Intolerable Acts

    Intolerable Acts

    This contributed to the rising of tensions because the British government shut down the Boston Harbor and merchants couldn’t get their goods.
  • Battles of Lexington & Concord

    Battles of Lexington & Concord

    This contributed to the rising of tensions because British soldiers wanted to take the weapons from the colonists and then there was who shot and it was called “the shot heard around the world”
  • Olive Branch Petition*

    Olive Branch Petition*

    This contributed to the rising of tension because the colonists sent King George III a petition and King George III denied the petition the colonists proposed and also the colonists were still prepping to go to war with the king.