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road to revolution

  • Nav. acts

    Nav. acts

    a series of laws that the English put on the colonists in the 1600s. it made colonists sell all raw materials to England even though they could get better prices elsewhere in Europe
  • molasses act

    molasses act

    tax put on sugar products such as tea and rum.
  • fort necessity

    fort necessity

    Fort Necessity was a fort made by George Washington as a fort for his militia that he was in charge of. The French and there allies( native Americans) attacked the fort and took it over. they imprisoned the militia but then released them in Virginia.
  • French and Indian war

    French and Indian war

    the French and Indian war was a war that lasted 7 years. the British, French fought in this war. after the British won French was kicked out of the new land and sent back to Europe, and Spain and British split the land.
  • sugar act

    sugar act

    sugar act was a law used to help the debt of the 7 year war.
  • stamp act

    stamp act

    was taxes put on the colonist. colonists did not like that including Sam Adams and he made the sons of liberties they burned effigies and the colonists boycotted British goods.
  • delecatory acts

    delecatory acts

    a law that puts the British Parliament in duty over the colonies.
  • Townsend acts

    Townsend acts

    taxes put on the colonists goods like tea, glass, paper and lead.
  • Boston massacure

    Boston massacure

    its a day that sparked some colonists to chose a side in the conflict. British soldiers fired in a crowd of Bostonian's and killed 3
  • intolerable acts

    intolerable acts

    it was a law for the British to punish the colonists for the Boston tea party
  • quartering act

    quartering act

    a law that made the colonists to house and supply the British soldiers.
  • administraton of justice

    administraton of justice

    process by which governmental authority was used to enforce the law and maintain order within a community
  • Quebec act

    Quebec act

    a law passed to expand the Quebec territory, and guaranteed the rights of the roman cathlics
  • battles of lexington and concord

    battles of lexington and concord

    when colonists about 70 used gorilla warfare to beat around 250 colonists.
  • first Continental congress

    first Continental congress

    when 12 of the 13 colonies came together and went against British laws and more
  • paul reverses ride

    paul reverses ride

    Paul Reverses iconic ride that is always talked about through out are history when he ran through many towns and yelled the British are coming to prepare colonists for what might happen
  • fort tiroconda

    fort tiroconda

    fort that British was control of but Americans sized it. the raid was leaded by Ethan Allan and Benedict arnold
  • second continental Congress

    second continental Congress

    a meeting of delegates at the start of the revolutionary war. all colonies were there and it was in Philadelphia
  • olive branch petition

    olive branch petition

    to make sure king George lll understood that the colonists wanted peace and asked to protect their rights, but the king rejected then hired Hisense to join the British front lines
  • battle of bunker hill

    battle of bunker hill

    when British invaded the fort that was on top of a hill and the British lost and lost but came back with more troops and colonies lost all the gunpowder and had to retreat
  • Washington takes boston

    Washington takes boston

    George Washington's Continental army had a huge victory in Boston as the British soldiers retreated from the city.
  • DOI is signed

    DOI is signed

    This marks the birth of are country, The United States Of America. Thomas Jefferson was the main writer.