Road. to Rev.

  • Navigation Acts

    Where English Parliament made a law where all colonist raw materials were to be sold, and other finished goods from Europe, needed to be shipped on English ships.
  • molasses act

    molasses act

    a British law that imposed a ta on molasses, sugar,and rum imported from non-British foreign colonies into the north American colonies
  • fort necessity

    fort necessity

    it was an out post for the battle
  • franch and indian  war

    franch and indian war

    pit decided to send more trained British troops to fight in north America
  • the sugar act

    the sugar act

    to tax on things to encourage more people to buy
  • the stamp act

    the stamp act

    the stamp act was where everything was taxed like glass, paper, led, paint
  • declamatory acts

    declamatory acts

    stated that Parliament could make laws binding the American colonies "in all cases whatsoever."
  • Townshend act

    Townshend act

    initiated taxes on glass, lead, paint, paper, and tea
  • Boston massacre

    Boston massacre

    On March 5, 1770, seven British soldiers fired into a crowd of volatile Bostonians, killing five, wounding another six, and angering an entire colony.
  • First Continental Congress

    First Continental Congress

    with delegates from each of the 13 colonies except Georgia.
  • General Gage takes over Boston

    General Gage takes over Boston

    Upon his return in 1774
  • Intolerable

    Intolerable

    a series of four laws passed by the British parliament to punish the colony of Massachusetts bay for the Boston tea arty
  • Quartering Act

    Quartering Act

    allowed British troops to be housed in private homes and facilities
  • Administration of Justice

    Administration of Justice

    ensuring a fair trial for British officials who were charged with capital offenses while upholding the law or quelling protests in Massachusetts Bay Colony
  • Quebec Act

    Quebec Act

    established the procedures of governance for the Province of Quebec
  • Paul Revere's Ride

    Paul Revere's Ride

    Revere, Dawes, and Prescott were detained by a British Army patrol in Lincoln at a roadblock on the way to Concord.
  • Battles of Lexington and Concord

    Battles of Lexington and Concord

    marked the start of the American War of Independence