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Road to Revolution

  • Navigation act

    Navigation act

    These are a set of laws that were passed by the English Parliament to require the colonists to sell all raw materials to England. Even though colonists could possibly find better elsewhere in Europe.
  • Molasses Act

    Molasses Act

    Parliament placed a tax on any types of sugars being bought or sold because they needed to be from Africa because they needed to be warm and it was sugar, molasses, and rum.
  • Fort Necessity

    Fort Necessity

    A fort that was built by Britain to fight against the french and Indians that were trying to keep the Ohio river valley to their selves and trade with each other so french and Indians siezed this fort and built a fort on top of fort Necessity after making all Britain soldiers surrender.
  • French and Indian War

    French and Indian War

    When the french and Britain started fighting over the Ohio river valley and the french got the Indian to help fight with them because they were trading partners and both didn't like Britain and this went from Aug. 1756- Feb. 1763
  • Sugar Act

    Sugar Act

    1764 parliament passed the sugar act on the colonist,
    An act can be looked at as a synonym for a tax.
    This new tax lowered the tax on molasses imported to the colonies then they Would lower the price and encourage more people to buy (Encourage colonists to stop smuggling).
    Also allowed officer to seize accused smugglers goods without going to court.
  • Stamp Act

    Stamp Act

    In 1765 parliament passed the stamp act
    A small tax on all printed materials, Newspapers, Wills, Playing cards, Documents, ect.
    Stamp act made colonists mad, Sam Adams started the sons of liberty who started burning effigies in the streets of Boston. Colonial leaders met in NY at the stamp act congress. Drafted a letter stating only colonial assemblies could tax colonist
    People boycotted – refused to buy – british goods
  • Declaratory Acts

    Declaratory Acts

    a British law passed that stated the British Parliament had the authority to make laws for the American colonies "in all cases whatsoever". It was passed on the same day the Stamp Act was repealed, which firstly caused colonists to focus on the repeal and not as much the new act that asserted Britain's full power over them.
  • Townshend act

    Townshend act

    a series of British laws that imposed new taxes on colonists for goods like glass, lead, paint, paper, and tea to raise revenue and pay for colonial government and defense. This was also passed for the reason to pay government after the 7 year war.
  • Boston Massacre

    Boston Massacre

    A night when one redcoat was staying guard like usual and kids were playing with snow and accidentally hit the redcoat. The redcoat got mad and told the kids to go home but they wouldn't then more people showed and and started yelling and throwing stuff so he called for backup. then Someone knocked a redcoat over and his gun missed fired and then all redcoats started firing without command and then it was a brawl.
  • General Gage takes over Boston

    General Gage takes over Boston

    When he took over he was the governor of mass. and was doing this in response to the Boston tea party. He wanted to send a message to whoever was in action during the Boston tea party.
  • Coercive Act

    Coercive Act

    This was a series of laws in response after the Boston tea party happened. This was passed because the redcoats didn't want to have to deal with more boycotts and anything to get around war.
  • Quartering Act

    Quartering Act

    The quartering act was just a way of solving things I the redcoast eyes. for example the quartering-Permitted the requisition of unoccupied buildings at first to house British troops.
  • Administration of justice

    Administration of justice

    The Administration of justice was a way to solve court rules. for example: British officials charge with a capital offenses had to be tried in another colony or England.
  • Quebec Act

    Quebec Act

    The Crown was trying to cut Massachusetts off from the rest of the Colonies. Instead, the Coercive Acts drew the colonies together and other Colonies sent food and clothing to support Boston. Many Colonist believed these new laws violated their rights as Englishmen. Not to long after this happened the Quebec Act was placed by the parliament which was when a government for Canada was created, and extended its territory all the way south to the Ohio River. This made the Colonist trapped.
  • First Continental Congress

    First Continental Congress

    A meeting between 12 out of the 13 colonies because Georgia was too far away from it and it was too short notice to make it in time because everything was either letters or spread by words and it started up higher.
  • Paul Revere's ride

    Paul Revere's ride

    A way to warn lexington and Concord that British troops were marching towards. These British troops wanted lots of weapons and Sam Adams from Concord but Paul Revere warned them in time to prepare minute men and soldiers
  • Battle of Lexington and Concord

    Battle of Lexington and Concord

    When the redcoats marched to Lexington trying to take over but luckily the 70 minutemen were ready for the fight except they didn't know they were going up against 700 British soldiers and ran away after shots were fired then went to Concord and that's when there was a shot from someone but nobody knows who
  • Fort ticonderoga

    Fort ticonderoga

    The capture of Fort Ticonderoga was the first offensive victory for American forces in the Revolutionary War.
  • The second continental congress

    The second continental congress

    a convention of delegates from 12/13 Colonies that met in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, soon after warfare in the American Revolutionary War had begun and Georgia couldn't make make it in time because the word didn't spread fast enough
  • Battle of bunker hill

    Battle of bunker hill

    colonial militia fortified Breed's Hill, repelled two heavy British assaults, but were forced to retreat after running out of ammunition during the third wave of British troops and had to travel very far back and forth from breeds hill and bunker hill for ammunition/powder
  • olive branch petition

    olive branch petition

    The second continental congress's final effort do make peace with king George and take their freedom and rights back asking king George to intervene.
  • Benedict Arnold failed to take Quebec

    Benedict Arnold failed to take Quebec

    The attack on Quebec, led by Benedict Arnold, failed. Patriots faced winter, heavy snow storms, and were low on supplies, this led to a British victory. Benedict Arnold lost over 50% of his men not in war but because of heavy weather and low supplies but didn't go back they kept going.
  • Washington takes over Boston

    Washington takes over Boston

    With George Washington being commander in chief he led his army to surround Boston trapping all British soldiers inside and forcing either battle, surrender, or peace treaty.
  • Hessian Soldiers are hired by King George III

    Hessian Soldiers are hired by King George III

    King George needed help in war so he hired tens of thousands of hessians which are very well trained German soldiers who don't just carry 1 musket but at least 2 and also have weapons with spiked balls on the end for close range.
  • DOI is signed

    DOI is signed

    JOHN ADAMS,BEN FRANKLIN,THOMAS JEFFERSON, ROBERT LIVINGSTON, ROGER SHERMAN (very popular) Franklin requested that Jefferson composed the first draft by: “Reasons first - you are a virginian, and a virginian ought to appear at the head of business. Reason 2 - I am obnoxious, suspected, and unpopular. You are very much otherwise. Reason 3 - you can write ten times better than I can.” (THOMAS JEFFERSON 1822) Tj looked to english philosopher john locke