michael ihdes road to revolution

By MAIhde

  • Two Treatises on Government

    John Locke fathered Natural Rights.

  • British settlers move into the Ohio River valley

    Settlers take Ohio River valley to scare of French.

  • The Spirit of the Laws

    Montesquieu came up with the separated branches of government: executive, judicial, and legislative.

  • French and Indian War

    The French allied the Native Americans and attacked British.

  • Pontiac's War

    War wheere British take Native Americans land from them.

  • Proclamation of 1763

    This banned colonists settling on the west of the Appalachians.

  • Sugar Act

    British put a tax on molasses and a punishment for smugglers of goods such as sugar and molasses.

  • Sugar Act

    The Sugar Act put taxes on molasses annd sugar and the colonists did'nt like that.

  • Stamp Act

    Colonists had to buy special stamps to send goods such as wills, contracts, insurance policies, and newspapers.

  • The Stamp Act

    The Stamp Act puts a tax on postal services such as sending insurance policy informafion, letters and wills.

  • Townshend Acts

    They allowed customs officers th search people without having to tell them what they were looking for.

  • Boston Massacre

    In the Boston Massacre six people were murdered for a riot the occured and British troops openly fired on the colonists.

  • Boston Tea Party

    Rebels throw tea into the ocean. It took place in Boston.

  • Tea Act

    The Tea Act helped one of Britain's most important companies.

  • Intolerable Acts

    The Tea Party made the British government get angry and the King

  • Intolerable Acts

    The First Act closed all of the ports in Boston while another supported the Quartering Act. The other two raised the bar of the governors powers.

  • Battle of Bunker Hill

    The colonists occupied Bunker Hill and Breeds Hill which are hills near Charles Town. ''A Frenzy of Revenge'' was said to have fallen upon the colonists in Boston.

  • Olive Branch Petition

    A peaece treaty saying colonists were loyal but the king and the British should'nt fight anymore.

  • General Braddock's Defeat

    Braddock got defaeted when they were ambushed by the French and Natives.

  • Battle of Lexington

    Lexington is known as the shot heard 'round the world.

  • second Continental Congress

    It took steps to pay for its military with paper currency.

  • Attack on Quebec

    The colonists attacked Quebec during a blizzard. the tables turned when Montgomery was killed and Arnold was severly hurt.

  • Declaration of Independence

    The Declaration of Independence was made by the colonists saying the wanted independence from the British.