Road to revolution

  • French and Idian war

    It was a war between great britan and french and it lasted 9 years!
  • The Proclamation of 1763

    The Proclamation of 1763 was issued by the British at the end of the French and Indian War to appease Native Americans
  • The sugar act!

    British legislation aimed at ending the smuggling trade in sugar and molasses from the French and Dutch West Indies
  • Stamp Act of 1766

    Instead of levying a duty on trade goods, the Stamp Act imposed a direct tax on the colonists.
  • Townshend Acts of 1767

    the Townshend Acts were a series of laws passed by the British government on the American colonies in 1767.
  • . The Boston Massacre

    The Boston Massacre was a street fight that occurred on March 5, 1770, between a "patriot" mob, throwing snowballs, stones, and sticks, and a squad of British soldiers.
  • The tea act

    In an effort to save the troubled enterprise, the British Parliament passed the Tea Act in 1773.
  • Boston Tea Party

    he Boston Tea Party was a political protest that occurred on December 16, 1773, at Griffin's Wharf in Boston, Massachusetts.
  • Intolerable Acts

    ls known as the Coercive Acts; a series of British measures passed in 1774 and designed to punish the Massachusetts colonists for the Boston Tea Party.
  • 1st Continental Congress

    The First Continental Congress was a meeting of delegates from 12 of the 13 British colonies that became the United States.