Road to Revolution

By Brielle N

  • French and Indian War

    North America had a conflict when Great Britain and France were in a war

  • Proclamation of 1736

    King George III used it to forbid all settlement west

  • Sugar Act

    A revenue-raising act passed by the Parliament of Great Britain

  • Stamp Act of 1765

    Great Britain imposed a direct tax on British colonies in America and required printed materials to be stamped with a embossed revenue stamp

  • Townshend Acts

    A series of British acts of Parliament relating to the British colonies in America

  • The Boston Massacre

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

  • Tea Act

    It was an act to reduce the massive amount of tea

  • Boston Tea Party

    A political and mercantile protest

  • Intolerable Acts

    Laws that were meant to punish the Massachusetts colonies for their Tea Party protest

  • 1st Congressional Congress

    A meeting of the delegates from 12 of the 13 British colonies that became the U.S.