Road to Revolution: 1760-1776

  • French and Indian War

    French and Indian War
    It was a war between Great Britain and the France to determine who controlled land. This war ended up with disputes with the colonists over the tax expense of this war leading to the American Revolution.
  • Proclamation of 1763

    Proclamation of 1763
    A law that the British passed that prohibited the settlement of the colonists west of the Appalachian Mountains.
  • Quartering Act

    Quartering Act
    A law that made it so the colonists had to provide British troops with housing.
  • Stamp Act

    Stamp Act
    It was an act that the British passed so the colonist had to pay taxes on various papers and other documents because of the French and Indian War.
  • Townshend Act

    Townshend Act
    It was another act that the British passed on the colonists that made them pay more taxes on other different goods.
  • Boston Massacre

    Boston Massacre
    It was a confrontation between British soldiers and a mob in Boston were the mob was harassing the soldiers so they shot at the mob and killed several people.
  • Boston Tea Party

    Boston Tea Party
    The Boston tea party was a political protest that the Sons of Liberty did against the British by dumping 342 chests of tea into the Boston Harbor from 3 British ships.
  • Intolerable Acts

    Intolerable Acts
    They were punitive laws passed by the British Parliament meant to punish the Massachusetts colonists for the Tea Party protest.