road to revolution

  • the french and indian wars

    Great Britan gained an anonymous amount of land, also durring this time the American revolution started.
  • the proclamation of 1763

    The proclamation forbade all settlement west of a line drawn along the Appalachian Mountains.
  • The Sugar Act

    It was a revenue raising act that was passed by the parliament of great Britain.
  • stamp act of 1766

    The stamp act raised the cost to colonists when they bought land, grants and when sharing or publicizing property right.
  • townshend acts of 1767

    They took freedom away from the colonists. (settlers)
  • the boston massacre

    Boston, Massachusetts was a hotbed of radical revolutionary thought and activity leading up to 1770.In March 1770, British soldiers stationed in Boston opened fire on a crowd, killing five townspeople and infuriating locals.
  • tea act

    The principal objective was to reduce the massive amount of tea held by the financially troubled British East India Company in its London warehouses and to help the struggling company survive.
  • Boston tea party

    The target was the Tea Act , which allowed the British East India Company to sell tea from China in American colonies without paying taxes apart from those imposed by the Townshend Acts.
  • Intalerable acts

    The intolerable acts were punitive laws passed by the British parliament in 1774 after the boston tea party.
  • 1st contenental congress

    The first continental congress was a meeting of delegates from twelve of the thirteen British colonies that became the United States.