Road to Revolution

By NEB116268

  • Treaty of Paris 1763

    The treaty of pairs ended the French and Indian War.

  • Proclamation Act

    This proclamation came out at the end of the french and Indian war.

  • Committees of Correspondence

    The Committees of Correspondence was the colonies first way of keeping contact with each other.

  • Sugar Act

    The sugar act was a tax placed on sugar and molasses. This tax had a big impact on rum production because molasses is needed to make rum.

  • Stamp Act

    This tax was placed on all Americans this made them pay for every piece of printed paper they used.

  • The Quartering Act

    This act forced the people of the colonies to house and feed the British soldiers.

  • Stamp Act Congress

    This was the first meeting with the elected representative in the colonies.

  • Stamp Act Repealed

    Benjamin Franklin talked before the British House of Common to get the Stamp Act repealed.

  • Declaratory Act

    This act was passed by the British government. It helped repeal the stamp act.

  • Townshend Act

    The Townshend ac was a tax placed on glass, paint, paper and tea that was imported to the colonies.

  • Boston Massacre

    The Boston massacre was a street fight with the people of Boston and some British soldiers the solider fired there weapons and killed 5 colonists

  • Boston Tea party

    This was a protest lead by the sons of liberty against the tea act where they through 1000's of pounds of tea in to the river.

  • The Intolerable Acts

    The intolerable acts were passed after the Boston Tea Party. The intolerable acts was a term used by the colonies after a series of laws were passed that they didn't agree with.

  • 1st Continental congress

    This was a meeting with 12 of the 13 colonies at Garpenter Hall in Philadelphia early on the american revolution.

  • Declaration of Right and Grievances

    This declaration declared that taxes imposed on the colonies were unconstitutional.

  • Lexington and Concord

    This was the first battle of the revolutionary war.

  • The Battel of Bunker Hill

    This battle was one of the first battles fought in the revolutionary war.

  • Appeal to Reason Reject

    This was the least letter sent to king George to try and avoid a war before the war actually started.

  • Common Sense

    Common Sense was written by Thomas Paine. The article told people to stand up for there rights.

  • Declaration of Independence

    The Declaration of Independence stated that the 13 colonies were no longer under the control of the British

  • Tea Act

    This was passed by the British to reduce the large amount of tea that was held by the British East India Company.