Road to Revolution

  • Albany Plan of Union

    Albany Plan of Union
    The Albany Plan of Union was a plan to place the British North American colonies under a more centralized government.
  • Treaty of Paris

    Treaty of Paris
    was signed by the kingdoms of Great Britain, France and Spain, with Portugal in agreement, after Britain's victory over France and Spain during the Seven Years' War.
  • Proclamation of 1763

    Proclamation of 1763
    King George III issued a proclamation that forbade colonial settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains.
  • SUGAR ACT

    SUGAR ACT
    Parliament passed a modified version of the Sugar and Molasses Act which was about to expire. Under the Molasses Act colonial merchants had been required to pay a tax of six pence per gallon on the importation of foreign molasses.
  • STAMP ACT

    STAMP ACT
    The Stamp Act was passed by the British Parliament. The new tax was imposed on all American colonists and required them to pay a tax on every piece of printed paper they used.
  • Declaratory Act

    Declaratory Act
    Parliament then agreed to repeal the Stamp Act on the condition that the Declaratory Act was passed.
  • TOWNSHED ACTS

    TOWNSHED ACTS
    the English Parliament decided to cut British land taxes. In order to make up for the difference and to continue to finance their troops in the Colonies, Charles Townshend, the British Treasurer, promised he would tax the colonists.
  • Committee of Correspondence

    Committee of Correspondence
    Dabney Carr proposed the formation of a permanent Committee of Correspondence before the Virginia House of Burgesses.
  • Tea Act

    Tea Act
    passed by Parliament would launch the final spark to the revolutionary movement in Boston.
  • Boston Tea Party

    Boston Tea Party
    John Adams as "the Destruction of the Tea in Boston was a political protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston
  • Coercive Acts

    Coercive Acts
    Upset by the Boston Tea Party and other blatant acts of destruction of British property by American colonists, the British Parliament enacts the Coercive Acts, to the outrage of American Patriots
  • Quebec Act

    Quebec Act
    was used to govern the Province of Quebec.
  • First Continental Congress

    First Continental Congress
    The first Continental Congress met in Carpenter's Hall in Philadelphia, from September 5, to October 26, 1774. Carpenter's Hall was also the seat of the Pennsylvania Congress. All of the colonies except Georgia sent delegates.
  • Second Continental Congress

    Second Continental Congress
    The First Continental Congress adjourns on 26 October 1774, but delegates resolve to reconvene in May 1775 if Parliament does not address their grievances. Delegates return to their respective colonies and play a vital role in ensuring that Congress's mandates are implemented.
  • Coercive Acts

    Upset by the Boston Tea Party and other blatant acts of destruction of British property by American colonists, the British Parliament enacts the Coercive Acts, to the outrage of American Patriots
  • Battle of Lexington & Concord

    Battle of Lexington & Concord
    The Battles of Lexington and Concord, fought on April 19, 1775, kicked off the American Revolutionary War. Tensions had been building for many years between residents of the 13 American colonies and the British authorities, particularly in Massachusetts.
  • Battle of Bunker Hill

    Battle of Bunker Hill
    The Battle of Bunker Hill took place on June 17, 1775, mostly on and around Breed's Hill, during the Siege of Boston early in the American Revolutionary War.
  • Washington's Defeat at Ft. Duquense/Ft. Necessity

     Washington's Defeat at Ft. Duquense/Ft. Necessity
    between french and britain washington tried to lead his men into battle and he failed
  • Signing of the Declaration of Independence

    Signing of the Declaration of Independence
    The Declaration of Independence wasn't signed on July 4, 1776. On July 1, 1776, the Second Continental Congress met in Philadelphia, and on the following day 12 of the 13 colonies voted in favor of Richard Henry Lee's motion for independence.