Road to Revolution

  • Stamp Act

    Stamp Act

    requires colonists to pay for a tax stamp on printed material
  • Proclamation of 1763

    Proclamation of 1763

    King George forbids colonial expansion west of the Appalachian Mountains.
  • Proclamation Line

    Proclamation Line

    Forbid colonial settlement beyond the line of the Appalachian Mountains.
  • Quartering Act

    Quartering Act

    Enacted to provide British troops with shelter and food
  • Declaratory Act

    Declaratory Act

    was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain, which accompanied the repeal of the Stamp Act 1765 and the changing and lessening of the Sugar Act.
  • Townshend Acts

    Townshend Acts

    Require colonists to pay a tax on tea, glass, paint, and other imported items
  • Boston Massacre

    Boston Massacre

    Riot resulting in death of 5 colonists
  • Committee of Correspondence

    Committee of Correspondence

    Shadow governments organized by the Patriot leaders of the Thirteen Colonies on the eve of the American Revolution.
  • Tea Act

    Tea Act

    final straw in a series of unpopular policies and taxes imposed by Britain on her American colonies.
  • Boston Tea Party

    Boston Tea Party

    Creative protest against taxation by "Sons of Liberty"
  • Intolerable Acts

    Intolerable Acts

    British punish Bostonians by closing the port and sending additional troops
  • Shot Heard Around the World

    Shot Heard Around the World

    The Shot Heard Round the World occurred during a brief battle between British troops and local minutemen at the North Bridge in Concord
  • Declaration of Independence

    Declaration of Independence

    The Declaration of Independence is the statement adopted by the Continental Congress meeting at Philadelphia