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Road to Revolution
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Proclamation Line
The Royal Proclamation 8was issued October 7, 1763, by King George III following Great Britain's acquisition of French territory in North America after the end of the French and Indian War/Seven Years' War, which forbade all settlement past a line drawn along the Appalachian Mountains. -
Proclamation Line
The Royal Proclamation, by King George III following Great Britain's acquisition of French territory in North America after the end of the French and Indian War/Seven Years' War, which forbade all settlement past a line drawn along the Appalachian Mountains. -
Stamp Act
The new tax was imposed on all American colonists and required them to pay a tax on every piece of printed paper they used. Ship's papers, legal documents, licenses, newspapers, other publications, and even playing cards were taxed. -
Quartering Act
British soldiers where staying in some of the colonist houses because they didn't have a place to stay. They also had to feed them and give them a bed to sleep in and if your didn't have any more beds they'll take your bed. -
Declaratory Act
The British repealed the Stamp Act. The British directly taxed the colonies for the revenue in the Sugar Act. -
Declaratory Act
The British repealed the Stamp Act. British Parliament had directly taxed the colonies for revenue in the Sugar Act and the Stamp Act. -
Townshend Acts
The Townshend Acts was a series of acts that the British where passing in 1767. The act was named after Charles Townshend, who proposed the program. -
committee of correspondence
The Committees of Correspondence rallied colonial opposition against British policy and established a political union among the Thirteen Colonies. -
Tea Act
The Boston Tea Party was a political protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston, Massachusetts, on December 16, 1773. They didn't take no money or steal anything from them they just wanted the tea -
Boston Tea Party
Thomas Paine wrote Common Sense in January 1776, but it was not published as a pamphlet until February 14, 1776. He wanted people to think about what was happening, -
Intolerable or Coercive Acts
The Intolerable Acts were harsh laws passed by the British Parliament, They were meant to punish the American colonists for the Boston Tea Party and other protests.] -
"Shot Heard Around the World"
And fired the shot heard round the world. They still don't know who took the first shot. -
Common Sense
Common Sense is a pamphlet written by Thomas Paine in 1775–76 advocating independence from Great Britain to people in the Thirteen Colonies. Wikipedia -
Declaration of Independence
A declaration of independence or declaration of statehood is an assertion by a defined territory that it is independent and constitutes a state. -
Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre, known as the Incident on King Street by the British, The British Army soldiers shot and killed people while under attack by a mob.