History

Road to Rev.

  • Nav. Acts

    Nav. Acts

    The Nav. Acts was a set of rules that the English parliament put on the colonists. It made the colonists sell all raw materials to England, even thought they might be able to find better prices elsewhere in England
  • Molasses Act.

    Molasses Act.

    The Molasses act was a heavy tax for British on sugar. then it was imported to other places to like Native Americans.
  • Fort Necessity

    Fort Necessity

    Virginia sent a militia to fight against the French during the French and Indian War. This was to help the colonies, in this war the militia would be lead by George Washington and would capture French forts then made their own calling it Fort Necessity. This would be successful fighting the French, until the French and Native Americans ambushed them forcing the militia to surrender.
  • French and Indian War

    French and Indian War

    Its called the 7 year war. There was a large debt from when it ended. It was mainly a war for land. The Natives stayed neutral but liked the French more.
  • Sugar Act.

    Sugar Act.

    It was a tax lowering the price of molasses to make more people buy than smuggling. If people did smuggle it made the officers be able to arrest without going to court.
  • Stamp Act.

    Stamp Act.

    A small tax on printed goods. It was passed on Newspapers, Wills, Playing Cards, and Documents.
  • Declaratory Act

    Declaratory Act

    It was an Act allowing Parliament to tax and make decisions in the British colonies on Colonists. It would just give Redcoats more power.
  • Battle of Lexington and Concord

    Battle of Lexington and Concord

    Minutemen and Redcoats prepare for a fight at Lexington and a unknown shot fires and starts a battle it finishes with 8 minutemen dead and weapons being found.
  • TownShend Act

    TownShend Act

    It was an external tax on Glass, Lead, Paper, Tea, and Paint. It would anger the Colonists to form a group called the Daughters of Liberty to go against it.
  • Boston Massacre

    Boston Massacre

    A fight between Bostonians and British Soldiers. The Bostonians were fired on. Five lay dead and three injured. In this two boys named Crispus Attucks and a 11 year old boy named Christopher Seider.
  • General Gage takes over Boston

    General Gage takes over Boston

    General Gage gets word from the Crown to disarm any militias growing in Concord. He eventually does this and with this he takes over Boston as a colony from the crown with no Patriots or minutemen.
  • Coercive Acts

    Coercive Acts

    A set of actions that were produced by Britain that were meant to fully rule over the colonists after the Boston Tea Party. It would cause a bunch a lot of problems in the colonies.
  • Quartering Act

    Quartering Act

    It permitted the requisition of unoccupied buildings at first, to house British troops. Soldiers living next door. The life line of Boston was shut down and unemployment and lack of supplies became very common.
  • Administration of Justice

    Administration of Justice

    British officials charge with a capital offenses had to be tried in another colony or England.
  • Quebec Act

    Quebec Act

    A government for Canada was created, and extended its territory all the way south to the Ohio River
    Colonists were trapped.
  • First Continental Congress

    First Continental Congress

    12/13 leaders attend a meeting about coming together as America. this meeting showed if seeing if every colony wanted to come together.
  • Paul Revere's Ride

    Paul Revere's Ride

    Paul Revere sees British soldiers leaving the city marching. He meets up with a Dr Warren and William Dawes and rides there. When he gets there he warns all the militias that "THE BRITISH ARE COMING" and makes them all hide their weapons.
  • Fort Ticonderoga

    Fort Ticonderoga

    A big fort from the Patriots that would mainly stay there and defend. This big fort was in NY and would eventually fall to 400 British soldiers.
  • Battle of Bunker Hill

    Battle of Bunker Hill

    It was a fight on Breed's Hill from the Americans and British. Americans had lower numbers so they were not benefited. This fight would go in Britain's way and they won.
  • Olive Branch Petition

    Olive Branch Petition

    A petition to King George how the colonies wanted peace, and wanted to protect their rights.
  • Benedict Arnold Failed to take Quebec

    Benedict Arnold Failed to take Quebec

    Benedict Arnold went to Quebec to conquer it and take it from the British but could not because of Mother Nature with heavy snow, snow storms, and being low on supplies.
  • Washington takes Boston

    Washington takes Boston

    Washington heads to Boston recently after the Battle of Bunker Hill and basically claims Boston holding up when he's there his militia gets bigger and bigger.
  • Hessian Soldiers are hired by King George lll

    Hessian Soldiers are hired by King George lll

    In results of the declaring of the Revolution, King George hires German soldiers to fight in the war siding with the British. He hired around 30,000 of those Germans.
  • DOI is signed

    DOI is signed

    In the Second Continental Congress 56 delegates sign a document saying they are Independent and America being its own country. Talking about their rights they have and what rights they should have.
  • Second Continental Congress

    Second Continental Congress

    It was a club of people going against Britain and wanting to have their own government. They would go against British soldiers and would have goals to get them out.