Road to revolution

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    French and Idian War

    A North American war between the british and fench over the Ohio River Valley, they both had Native Americans on their side, french had more but the british would win. In Washongton's defeat and Ft Necessity, George Washington built Fort Necessity to keep French soldiers from attacking his men, one month later the French attack and accept the surrender of Washington. The Albany Plan of Union was a plan to place the British North American colonies under a more centralized government. On July 10.
  • Acts That the British Made

    Acts That the British Made
    Proclimation od 1763- mainly intended to conciliate the Indians by checking the encroachment of settlers on their lands. They hated it because they couldnt move past the Appalachian Mountains
    Sugar Act- It was to stop smuggelrs and the colonist just kept smuggling items untill it was unpassed
    Stamp Act- More money on every single peice of money they used, the colonist had an outburst denunciation
    Declatory Act- 1776 It was to inform the colonies that the king was still in power over them.
  • Events of Road to Revolution

    Events of Road to Revolution
    Quartering Act-The Quartering Act of 1765 required the colonies to house British soldiers in barracks provided by the colonies.
    Stamp Act Congress- Divsed a unified protest against new British taxation - specifically the Stamp Act of 1765.
    Sons of Liberty- The Sons of Liberty were a secret, underground organization that was founded in Boston by Samuel Adams and John Hancock in July 1765
    Daughters of Liberty- Made home made clothing to where instead of wearing other clothing and made their on tea
  • Events of Road to Revolution 2

    Events of Road to Revolution 2
    Boston Massacre- Colonist where raging in the moddle of Boston and the general of the red coats and the red coats where being hit with ice and ckubs and they fired into the crowd and that was the Boston Massacre.
  • Road to Revolution

    Road to Revolution
    Committe of Corrspondence- The Committees of Correspondence were the American colonies’ means for maintaining communication lines in the years before the Revolutionary War.
    Tea Act- Closed down harbors to stop goods coming in. Which led to the Boston Tea Party
    Boston Tea Party- 1,000 pounds of tea was dumped into the boston harbor because of the tea act. The king vowed payback on the colonist
    Quebec Act- The Quebec Act was designed to extend the boundaries of Quebec. Allowed religious freedom.
  • The End of the Road to Revolution

    The End of the Road to Revolution
    First Continental congress- First government of the 13 colonies and comprovised by delegates
    Battle of Lexington and Concord- Kicked off the revolutiony war, british destroyed concord then went to concord were Washington and his men are and came back to Boston with hundreds ofr edcoats hurt
    Battle of Bunker Hill- British win because americans have low amunition and low on powder, Americans learned they where gonna attack again later on.