Road to Rev.

  • Navigation Act

    Navigation Act
    The Navigation Act is were the law guaranteed them a place were the would sell all their raw materials to England
  • Molasses Act

    Molasses Act
    A British law passed in 1733 that taxed molasses, rum, sugar imported into the North America colonies from non- British colonies
  • Fort Necessity

    Fort Necessity
    George Washington set up the Fort Necessity and it was an outpost for the battle
  • The French and Indian War

    The French and Indian War
    France lost land claims in North America while Britain gained Canada and most French lands east of Mississippi River.French no longer held power in North America, North America was controlled by Great Britain and Spain.
  • Sugar Act

    Sugar Act
    The new tax lowered the tax on molasses. Would lower the price, and encourage more people to buy
    Encourage Colonists to stop smuggling.
    It also allowed officers to seize accused smugglers' goods without going to court.
  • Stamp Act

    Stamp Act
    Internal Act, An act that added a small tax on all printed materials like Newspapers, Wills, Playing Cards, Documents, etc
  • Declaratory Acts

    Declaratory Acts
    Parliament has the right to tax and make decisions for British colonies ‘in all cases!!!’
  • Townshend Act

    Townshend Act
    External tax for important goods. like paper, tea, paint, glass, and lead
  • Boston Massacre

    Boston Massacre
    a fight occurred between Bostonians and British Soldiers
    The mob of Bostonians were fired on
    When the smoke cleared 5 lay dead and 3 were injured
    Among the dead Crispus Attucks
    Part Native American Part African
    As well as a 11 year old boy named Cristopher Seider
    This is known as the Boston Massacre
  • General Gage takes over Boston

    General Gage takes over Boston
    General Thomas Gage, of Boston had orders from Parliament to seize weapons and arrest leaders of the Massachusetts militia.
    Gage had learned that there was a stockpile of arms and ammunition 20 miles northeast of Boston in Concord
  • Intolerable

    Intolerable
    Coercive Acts, 1774,is known as the Intolerable Acts’ intolerable means painful and unbearable.
    1.Administration of Justice-
    2. Massachusetts Government Act
    3.Boston Port Bill
    4.The Quartering Act
  • Quartering Act

    Quartering Act
    A government for Canada was created, and extended its territory all the way south to the Ohio River.
    The Colonies were trapped
  • Administration of Justice

    Administration of Justice
    British officials charged with capital offenses had to be tried in another colony of England.
  • Quebec Act

    Quebec Act
    A government for Canada was created, and extended its territory all the way south to the Ohio River.
    The Colonies were trapped
  • First Continental Congress

    First Continental Congress
  • Paul Revere's Ride

    Paul Revere's Ride
    Dr. Warren alarted Paul Revere and William Dawes, who were members of the Sons of Liberty
    Revere and Dawes rode to Lexington, a town east of Concord, spreading the news- ‘’The British are coming!!’’
    A British patrol would later capture Revere, and Dawes would turn back. The message is carried to Concord by Samual Prescott
  • Battles of Lexington and Concord

    Battles of Lexington and Concord
    It was at the North Bridge that Colonist engage in Guerrilla Warfare, chasing the British all the way back to Boston
    By the time the redcoats reached Boston, 174 wounded and 73 dead
    18 Colonies wounded