Road to revolution

By mbaca95
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    Road to Revolution

  • Pontiac 's uprising

    Laid siege to detroit and eventually overran all but three british post west of the appalachian. Kill two thousands soldiers and settlers.

  • Treaty of paris 1763

    Eliminated France as a colonial power in north american.

  • Proclamatio of 1763

    It prohibited settlement in the area beyond the appalachians.

  • Sugar act

    The first law ever pass by body for raising tax revenue in the colonies for the crown. It increase tax for the sugar imports in the west indies.

  • Stamp act

    Mandated the use of stamped paper or the affixing of stamp to certify payments of tax. 50 trade items and certain types of commercial and legal documents.

  • Quartering Act

    Require certain colonies to provide food and quarters for British troops.

  • Stamp Act Congress

    Assemblage in New York of 27 delegates from 9 colonies and they wrote the statement of their rights and grievances and ask the king and parliament to repel the legislation.

  • Declaratory Act

    It reaffirming Parliament's right "to bind" the colonies "in all cases whatsoever".

  • Repel Stamp act.

    They got rid of the Stamp act.

  • Townshend Act

    Import duty on glass, white lead, paper, paint, and tea. Made it indirect customs duty payable at the americans ports.

  • Suspending Act

    Suspendent the legislature of New York for failure to comply with the Quartering act.

  • Boston Massacre

    Britsh troops open fire and killed or wounded eleven citizens out of the 60 people that were taunting and throwing snowballs and 2 red coat found guilty of men slaughter.

  • Boston Tea Party

    Roughly a hundred Bostonians, loosely disguised as indians, boarded the docked ships, smashed open 342 chest of tea, and dumped their contents into the Atlantic.

  • Intolerable Acts

    This were acts pass designed to chastise Boston in particular and Massachusetts in general.

  • Quebec Act

    it was erroneously regarded in English-speaking America as part of the British reaction to the turbulence in Boston

  • First Continental Congress

    It was to meet in Philadelphia to consider ways of redressing colonial grievances.

  • The Association

    Call for a complete boycott of british goods:nonimportation, nonexportation, and nonconsumption.

  • Battle of Lexington and concord

    Is the first battle for american revolution.

  • Declaration of Independence

    The declaration of Independence was signed.