road to revolution

  • navigation acts

    navigation acts

    acts of parliament intendedto promote the self susisifiedy of the British empior August of 1756 - Feb. of 1763
  • molasses act

    molasses act

    a british law passed in 1733 that taxted molasses rum and sugar imported into the north American colonies from non-british countries
  • French & indian war

    French & indian war

    first the britten begin to show intist in ohio river valley but the french viewed the territory ad theirs
  • fort Ness.

    fort Ness.

    where George Washington bulit it to combat the French forces at the start of the f I war
  • stamp act

    stamp act

    in 1765 parliment passed the stamp act
  • sugar act

    sugar act

    1764 parliament passes the sugar act on the colonist
  • declaratory acts

    declaratory acts

    Declaratoty act parliament has the right to tax and make decisions for british colonies in all cases
  • Townshend acts

    Townshend acts

    A tax on imported goods
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  • first continental congress

    first continental congress

    Spurred by local pressure groups, colonial legislatures empowered delegates to attend a Continental Congress which would set terms for a boycott.
  • Hessian Soldiers are hired by King George III

    Hessian Soldiers are hired by King George III

    approximately 30,000 German troops hired by the British to help fight during the American Revolution
  • Boston massacre

    Boston massacre

    a fight occurred between bostonians and british soldiers When the smoke cleared 5 lay dead and 3 were injued
  • intolerable

    intolerable

    When news of the boston tea party reached london king george lll started -we must either master them or totally leave them to themselves
  • Quartering Act

    Quartering Act

    permitted the repuisiton of unoccupied buildings at first to house british troops
  • Administration of Justice

    Administration of Justice

    british officials charge with a capital offended had to be tired in another colony or england
  • Paul revere's ride

    Paul revere's ride

    Dr warren alerted paul revere and william dawes who were members of the sons of liberty
  • battles of Lexington and concord

    battles of Lexington and concord

    marked the start of the American War of Independence
  • Second Continental Congress

    Second Continental Congress

    to plan further responses if the British government did not repeal or modify the acts
  • Battle of Bunker Hill

    Battle of Bunker Hill

    first major battle of the American Revolution
  • Olive Branch Petition

    Olive Branch Petition

    adopted by Congress on July 5, 1775, to be sent to the King as a last attempt to prevent formal war from being declared
  • Benedict Arnold failed to take Quebec

    Benedict Arnold failed to take Quebec

    The failures at Quebec ended the American campaign in Canada.
  • Washington takes Boston

    Washington takes Boston

    The siege of Boston (April 19, 1775 – March 17, 1776) was the opening phase of the American Revolutionary War.
  • DOI is signed

    DOI is signed

    It was engrossed on parchment and on August 2, 1776, delegates began signing it.
  • Fort Ticonderoga

    Fort Ticonderoga

    The capture of Fort Ticonderoga was the first offensive victory for American forces in the Revolutionary War.
  • general gage takes over boston

    general gage takes over boston

    he took over the governor position of Massachusetts, replacing the unpopular Thomas Hutchinson
  • Quebec Act

    Quebec Act

    established the procedures of governance for the Province of Quebec.