Road to Revolution

  • French and Indian war

    French and Indian war

    The French and the British fought in North American territory. Both the British and the French said they owned the Ohio River Valley. Both sides had Native American allies.
  • Proclamation of 1763

    Proclamation of 1763

    It was made by the British because the Europeans were settling on Native American land calling it their own. Boundaries were laid, separating British colonies and native lands. It is still a keystone law in Native American law.
  • Sugar Act

    Sugar Act

    Was created to stop sneaking in sugar and molasses from the Dutch-West Indies, and France. And made it so there was an enforcement of duties of sugar and molasses brought to the colonies from places other than Britain.
  • Stamp Act

    Stamp Act

    The stamp act was a tax on documents, that cause people to riot and they felt that were not represented. Benjamin Franklin told that king to get rid of the act which King George III did.
  • Townshend

    Townshend

    Was a tax based on goods that were brought from England to America, these items were things like tea, paper, lead, glass, and paint.
  • Boston Massacre

    Boston Massacre

    Boston Massacre was when British soldiers shot and killed five rioters. They were then tried in court of law and John Adams defended them and won.
  • Tea Act

    Tea Act

    It was passed to cut out the middleman for no tea monopoly.
  • Boston Tea Party

    Boston Tea Party

    60 Bostonians dumped the 342 tea chests in the harbor in defiance of the British rule.
  • Intolerable Acts

    Intolerable Acts

    The Boston port act, the Administration act (Murder act), the Massachusetts government act, the quartering act, and the Quebec act.
  • 1st Continental Congress

    1st Continental Congress

    Boycotting British goods until they got rid of the Intolerable Acts.