Road to Revolution

By gavatt
  • 1) Treaty of Paris

    1) Treaty of Paris

    signed by represenatives of King George iii. And represenatives from the United States.

  • 2) Proclamation Act

    issued by king george iii. After the french and indian war

  • 3) the Sugar Act

    Parliment was used to modify the sugar act.

  • 4) The Stamp Act

    Made colonists pay texes on every sheet of paper they used

  • 5) The Quartering Act

    made it possible for british soldiers to live in peoples houses without asking

  • 6) Stamp act Congress

    october 7 thru october 25

  • 7) Declaration of Rights and Grievances

  • 8) Stamp Act Repealed

    After months of protest the colonists finally got rid of the stamp act

  • 9) Declaratory Act

  • 10) Townshend Acts

    A series of act's passed by the british parliament relating to the colonies in north america

  • 11) Boston Massacre

    A street fight that occured between a patriot mob and british soliders

  • 12) Committee of Correspondence

    Shadow governments organized by the patriot leaders of the 13 colonies

  • 13) tea act

    This acts purpose was to reduce the massive surplus of tea held by british india

  • 14) Boston Tea Party

    A political protest by the sons of liberty where they threw the british tea off the boats in the harbor

  • 15) intolerable acts

    The Patirots' name for a series of harsh laws passed by the british parliament

  • 16) 1st continental congress

    A meeting of delegates from 12 of the 13 colonies at carpenters hall in Philadelphia

  • 17) Lexington & Concord

    The first military engagement of the revolutionary war

  • 19) Bunker Hill

    A battle that took place during the seige on boston

  • 18) Olive BRanch Petition

    The finale attempt to stop a full out war from happening between the 13 colonies and the british government

  • 20) Common Sense

    A pamphlet written by Thomas paIne that motivated people to declare and fight for independence
  • 21) Decloration of Independence

    21) Decloration of Independence

    A statement adopted which announced the 13 colonies independence