Road to Revolution

By 25djuarez

  • French and Indian War

    It was a war to see who would rule North America

  • The proclamation of 1763

  • The Sugar Act

  • The Stamp Act of 1766

    The British Parliament passed a law that paper goods were to be taxed

  • The Townshend Acts of 1767

    the townshend acts were a series of laws, that taxed goods that traveled to the colonies

  • The Boston Massacre

    British soldiers shot and killed several people while being harassed by a mob

  • The Tea Act

    the main objective was to reduce the massive amount of tea held at warehouses to help the struggling business survive

  • The Boston Tea Party

    the Boston tea party was a political protest. Colonists angry for taxation without representation dumped 342 chests of tea into the river

  • The Intolerable Acts

    These were laws that were made to punish the colonists for dumping tea into the river and the protests

  • The 1st Continental Congress

    American colonists met to discuss Americas future