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Road to Revolution

By gil476141
  • 1. Treaty of Paris 1763

    1. Treaty of Paris 1763

    This treaty ended the French and Indian war between the French and the British. This treaty stated that France give up all their territories in America.
  • 2. Proclamation Act

    2. Proclamation Act

    The act let no settlement passed a drawn like alongside the Appalachian Mountains. The act also brought 3 new colonies.
  • 3. Committee of Correspondence

    3. Committee of Correspondence

    They we made up by Patriot leaders of the Thirteen colonies on the edge of the American Revolution. They were the means for communication for the people.
  • 4. Sugar Act

    4. Sugar Act

    This stated that more foreign goods shpuld be taxed. It also lowered the tax rate on sugar.
  • 5. Stamp Act

    5. Stamp Act

    This resulted in the new tax of American Colonies. They had to pay a tax for every printed peice of paper they used.
  • 6. Quartering Act

    6. Quartering Act

    This made American Colonists house British soldiers. It said where the locations and conditions for finding a place to stay.
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    7. Stamp Act Congress

    This was the meeting held to get rid of the Sugar Act and the Stamp Act. This is where the popular chant, "no taxation without representation', came from.
  • 8. Declaration of Rights and Grievances

    8. Declaration of Rights and Grievances

    This was written by the Stamp Act Congress. It said that the taxes on British colonists were unfair.
  • 10. Declaratory Act

    10. Declaratory Act

    This act changed the Sugar Act. This happened because the boycotts of the colonies were hurting Britain.
  • 9. Stamp Act repealed

    9. Stamp Act repealed

    Benjamin Franklin made an appeal against the Stamp Act. That same day the British Government passed the Declaratory Act.
  • 11. Townshend Acts

    11. Townshend Acts

    This act was named after Charles Townshend. They were a series of 6 acts.
  • 12. Boston Massacre

    12. Boston Massacre

    This was between a mob of Patriots and the British. Several colonists were killed and the rest wounded.
  • 13. Tea Act

    13. Tea Act

    This act caused the colonists to say we've had enough. This act actually didn't impose any new taxes.
  • 14. Boston Tea Party

    14. Boston Tea Party

    The colonists poured kegs of tea into the Boston Harbor. This was a protest by the Sons of Liberty.
  • 15. Intolerable Acts

    15. Intolerable Acts

    This was a series of unfair laws passed after the Boston Tea Party. These acts were meant to punish the colonists.
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    16. 1st Continental Congress

    This was a meeting of delegates from 12 of the 13 colonies. The delegates were elected and the meetings were held in Carpenter's Hall in Philadelphia.
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    17. Common Sense

    A book written by Thomas Paine. This book inspired the colonists to fight for independence.
  • 18. Lexington and Concord

    18. Lexington and Concord

    The first shot fired at Lexington was called the, "shot heard around the world'. The colonists knew they were coming due to Paul Revere and spies and friends of the American's.
  • 19. Bunker Hill

    19. Bunker Hill

    226 men were killed and 800 wounded. The colonists ran out of ammo and had to retreat.
  • 20. Olive Branch Petition

    20. Olive Branch Petition

    The last attempt to stop an all out war. The petition stated that the Americans would be loyal the Britain.
  • 21. Declaration of Independence

    21. Declaration of Independence

    Thomas Jefferson wrote the rough draft. The day was originally pushed for July 2nd not the 4th.