Road to Revolution

  • Tea act

    Reduce the massive amount of tea held by the poor British East India Company in its London warehouses and to help the struggling company survive.
  • Boston Tea Party

    A protest when they dumped 342 chests of tea.
  • The French and Indian war

    North American conflict between Great Britain and France.
  • The French and Indian war

    This gave great britain a ton of land in North America. This lead to colonial disconnect and started the American revolution.
  • The Proclamation of 1763

    Made by the british at the end of the indian and french war.
  • The Proclamation of 1763

    to appease Native Americans by checking the property of European settlers on their lands.
  • The Sugar Act

    Lowered the rate of tax on molasses from six pence to three pence per gallon.
  • Stamp Act of 1766

    Raised the cost to colonists when they bough land and when sharing or publicizing property rights.
  • Townshend Acts of 1767

    Taxed goods imported to America.
  • The Boston Massacre

    A deadly riot.
  • Intolerable Acts

    Laws to punish the massachusetts colonists for their defiance in the tea party.
  • 1st Continental Congress

    The colonial resistance to the Parliament's Coercive Acts.