Road to Revolution

By stu.harrisd2
  • Sugar Act

    Sugar Act

  • Stamp Act

    Stamp Act

  • Declaratory Act

    Declaratory Act

  • Townshend Acts

    Townshend Acts

  • Tea Act

    Tea Act

  • Intolerable Act

    Intolerable Act

  • Quartering Act

    Quartering Act

  • Continental Congress meets

    Continental Congress meets

    -All the colonies but Georgia have representatives
    -voted to send a "statement of grievances"
    -Voted to Boycott all British Trade
    -Patrick Henry-- VA rep. urged colonists to unite against Britain
  • 1'000s of Redcoats in Boston

    1'000s of Redcoats in Boston

  • Midnight Ride of Paul Revere

    Midnight Ride of Paul Revere

    Paul Revere rides warn the Sons Of Liberty in Lexington and Concord that the "British are coming..The British are coming."
  • Battles of Lexington & Concord

    Battles of Lexington & Concord

  • Capture of Fort Ticonderoga

    Capture of Fort Ticonderoga

  • Declaring Independence

    Declaring Independence

    Print
    Set up Post Office
    Created Continental army led by George Washington
    Sent Olive Branch asking King to protect their rights
    King hires 30,000 Hessians Soldiers in response
  • Battle of Bunker Hills

    Battle of Bunker Hills

  • Washington arrives on outskirts of Boston with Continental troops

    Washington arrives on outskirts of Boston with Continental troops

  • Common Sense

    Common Sense

    Pamphlet inspires more colonists to become patriots
    “Everything that is right or reasonable pleads for separation. The blood of the slain, the weeping voice of nature cries, ‘TIS TIME TO PART” - Thomas Paine, Common sense
  • British Surrender Boston

    British Surrender Boston

  • Second Continental Congress Meet Again

    Second Continental Congress Meet Again

  • Second Continental Congress

    Second Continental Congress

  • Declaring Independence Signed

    Declaring Independence Signed