Revolution

road to revolution

  • The french and Indian war

    The french and Indian war

    french and Indian where fight
    french and Britain struggled for control of n. america in the late 1600s.

    it gave Canada to Britain. french received lands east of the Mississippi river
  • proclamation

    proclamation

    colonists wanted to spread out and settle new places
    settlers, or pioneers, start to move west after the war
    they avoid conflict, king George lll issued the proclamation of 1763.
  • the sugar act

    the sugar act

    colonist believed there should be on taxes representation in parliament.
    parliament passed the sugar act in 1764 and colonist make them to pay the costs.
  • stamp act of 1766

    stamp act of 1766

    stamp act congress of 1765 the tax a violation or the colonial rights.
    the got repealed in 1766. the colonists they had to pay the official of seal and purchase of paper items
  • Townshend acts of 1767

    Townshend acts of 1767

    sons got attacked customs houses.
    British sent the troops in 1768. taxes on glass, paints, and paper of tea.
  • the Boston massacre

    the Boston massacre

    the shooting was called the Boston massacre by the colonists
    the evening of the group is about 30 described by john Adams
    a crowd in Boston after a British soldier were struck in colonist on march 5, 1770
  • Boston tea party

    Boston tea party

    they incident was called the Boston tea party
    colonial merchants and smugglers were opposed to this they start loosing a lot of money and customers
  • tea act

    tea act

    on December 16, 1773 colonists and Indians attacked British tea ships they threw the tea overboard
    colonial are smuggled the avoid paying the British tea tax
  • intolerable acts

    intolerable acts

    this was to punish their are tea party
    the acts had several effects. Boston harbor were closed.
  • 1st continental congress

    1st continental congress

    those colonists who sided with great Britain were called loyalists or Tories
    colonists who chose to fight for independence form Britani became known as patriots