Road to revolution

Road to Revolution

By 26lrobinson

  • The French Indian War

    The French Indian War
    The French Indian war started over whether the upper Ohio river valley was part of the British empire or the French empire. This was a world wide war that lasted over nine years. This war determined the vast colonial territory of North America which Britain won.

  • The proclamation of 1763

    The proclamation of 1763
    This war was issued by the British at the end of the French Indian war. This war made a boundary called the proclamation line which separated the British colonies on the Atlantic coast from American Indian lands west of the Appalachia mountains.

  • The sugar act

    The sugar act
    The sugar act happened to stop the smuggling trade of sugar and molasses from the French and the Dutch. The sugar act is also known as plantation act or revenue act.

  • The stamp act of 1966

    The stamp act of 1966
    The British passed this law to help pay for British troops stationed in the colonies during the seven years. This raised the taxes dramatically. This stamp was on many papers and playing cards and was a hard to pay currency

  • Townshend act of 1767

    Townshend act of 1767
    This was the a bunch of acts by the British to parliament that taxed goods imported to the American colonies. This was one of the events that lead up to the Revolutionary war.

  • The Boston massacre

    The Boston massacre
    The Boston massacre was a deadly riot. It started as a soldier and a American colonist fighting and quickly escalated to a crazy bloody riot. This also paved the way for the American Revolution.

  • Tea act

    Tea act
    This was a act that allowed tea to be shipped directly to colonies so then it wouldn't have to go to England first. This helped tea to get shipped and transported faster.

  • Boston tea party

    Boston tea party
    The Boston tea party was when some American colonists poured 342 chests of tea into the ocean. They did this because they where mad at the new taxes and. This was the first major act of defiance to British rule over the colonists.

  • Intolerable acts

    Intolerable acts
    These where four laws enforced by the British parliament in retaliation of the Boston tea party. They basically did this to show assert dominance.

  • 1st continental congress

    1st continental congress
    After the intolerable acts America tried to become it's own independent country. This was during the revolutionary war and we did become are own independent country and this helped start it.