Surrender of lord cornwallis canvas john laurens 1820

Road to revolution marnah

  • French and Indian war

    The French with Native Americans vs. British Colonies (British Government) This fight took place in virginia This happened in between 1754 - 1763 The thirteen british colonies also known as the rebels won from help with british companies This led to the war Because all of the colonist were being treated unfairly and the colonist were not gonna keep putting up with it
  • Sugar Act

    The act was passed in 1765 Colonies of New England were impacted because they needed sugar and molasses.
    Another reason this led to the war because colonist were being punished for helping and taxed on imports
  • stamp act

    the stamp act was passed on March 22, 1765 This stole money from the colonist witch didn't have a lot of money This led to the war because they didn't like all these expensive taxes on the import and exports.
  • Quartering Act

    This act was passed on March 24, 1765 Many colonists felt the new taxes were too harsh and also The colonists felt they didn’t have a voice This led to the war because of “No taxation Without representation”
  • Boston Massacre

    The british troops and colonists This happened in boston This massacre happened on March 5, 1770 The british troops shot 5 colonist for rioting This made permanent anger between the colonist and the loyalist and made them create a militia
  • Tea Act

    This act was enacted On May 10, 1773, Great Britain passed the Tea Act . The Colonial merchants were no longer allowed to sell tea . This issue raddle up things between the government and sons of liberty and the Tariffs
  • Boston Tea Party

    The colonist were the ones who dumped the tea This took place at griffin wharf This happened in 1773 The sons of liberty dumped millions of dollars of tea into the ocean They made the colonist mad so it end to them dumping taxed tea and this spread through the colones with the help from the Committee of Correspondence
  • Intolerable Acts

    King George III wanted to punish the colonists. The intolerable Port Act closed the Boston Harbor until the East India Company The intolerable act was passed on March 24, 1774 The colonists were punished for dumping the tea This led to the war because that made the colonist even more mad
  • Proclamation

    george the third issued the proclamation This proclamation affected the colonist This affected the colonist during 1763 This act made the colonist move back west and out of their homes This was one cause that led to the war because colonist were being driven away from their homes and colden live west unless okay with the parliament