Road to Revolution

  • navigation act

    navigation act

    The navigation act was a law made by the british in 1651 and enforced in 1763 that only allowed english ships to trade in america
  • proclamation act of 1763

    proclamation act of 1763

    The act that prohibited americans from expanding west after the french and indian war.
  • End of salutary neglect

    End of salutary neglect

    the end of the salutary neglect happened after the french and indan war due to the lead up of the american revolution
  • sugar act

    sugar act

    a law the british made where the Americans has to pay taxes of sugar being transported to the coloneys
  • stamp act

    stamp act

    a law the British made where everything the Americans tried to buy they would get a stamp on it and the Americans would have to pay for the stamo
  • sons of liberty

    sons of liberty

    a group of patriotes that would listen to any of the laws the British made
  • Townshend act

    Townshend act

    Initiated taxes on glass, lead, paper, paint, oil and tea
  • Boston massacre

    Boston massacre

    Americans protested on the streets in Boston about the unfair taxes but were shot at by British soldiers
  • intolerable act

    intolerable act

    acts that gave the British more control over America
  • committees of correspondence

    committees of correspondence

    a way colonial legislates could speak with their British agent
  • Boston tea party

    Boston tea party

    A protest in Boston by the sons of liberty where they boarded a British ship with tea on it and they threw it overboard into the ocean
  • first continental congress

    first continental congress

    a meeting with delegates from 12 of the 13 colonies that started the American revolution
  • Lexington and concord

    Lexington and concord

    the first major battle between the Americans and British this battle started the American revolutionary war
  • olive branch petition

    olive branch petition

    loyalist who wanted to prevent war and said the colonies were loyal to the British crown
  • second continental congress

    second continental congress

    the second meeting united in support of the American Revolution and the Revolutionary War
  • Patrick Henry "give me liberty or death" speech

    Patrick Henry "give me liberty or death" speech

    a speech by Patrick henry telling the colonists that war against the British was the only way to gain independence
  • Thomas paine "common sense"

    Thomas paine "common sense"

    A book written to say America is ready to fight for independence
  • declaration of independence

    declaration of independence

    A document written by Thomas Jefferson that said America is its own country and no longer under British rule