Road to Revolution

By sai488
  • 1215

    Magna Carta

    Limited the King's power. Created parliament.
  • Period: 1215 to

    Road to Revolution

    Events that lead to the Americans Independence.
  • Jamestown founding

    first successful British colony in the new world
  • Mayflower Compact

    a social contract that governed a large group of people
  • Navigation Acts

    prohibited trade on foreign ships for the colonies
  • Sugar Act

    put a tax on sugar and everything with sugar
  • English Bill of Rights

    stated rights for the people of the mother country
  • Treaty of Paris '63

    treaty for the French and Indian war
  • Stamp Act

    Made all writing forced to be approved by the king.
  • Quartering Act

    Forced soldiers to live in whatever colonist house they wanted to.
  • Boston Massacre

    five colonists died because of british soldiers firing. first violent act between both sides.
  • Proclomation Line

    forcd colonists to move back to east of the appalaichain mountains as a boundary.
  • Batle of Bunker/Breed's Hill

    Battle of the revolution that resulted in an English win.
  • Decleration of Indpendance Drafted

    writing that helped the U.S secede from Britain was drafted
  • Isabel is taken to the tavern

  • British arrive in New York

    This leads to bad times.
  • Isabel arries at New York

    This is Isabel’s home for a long time.
  • Isabel meets Lady Seymour

    first woman to show her sympathy
  • Meeting with Loyalists

    Kill General Washington plan is heard about
  • Tea Act

    put a tax on tea
  • Treaty of Paris '83

    Treaty for peace between King George III and American representatives