Road to the American Revolution

  • French and Indian War

    French and Indian War
    The French and Indian war The French and Indian war was a war between France and Indian tribes. The war became a war because the French tried taking over the Indian's tribes. It helped lead to the American Revolution because when the war was over the Americans lost lots of money. Which made it the start. And the war ended Feburary 10 1763,
  • Proclamination of 1763

    Proclamination of 1763
    History channel King George III issued a proclamation to forbade colonial settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains. It lead to the American Revolution because George Washington paid it no heed, except the anti-british sentimint.
  • Stamp Act

    Stamp Act
    Stamp ActThe "Stamp Act" was a direct tax on the colonist. It led to the American Revolution because of taxation without representation.
  • Townshend Acts

    Townshend Acts
    Townshend ActsThe "Townshedd Acts" was a set of taxes passed by Parliament in 1767. It lasted till July 2nd of 767. The reason it did was because it caused rebellion on both sides of the Atlantic. It became a temperary truce between the two sides years before the Revolution.
  • Boston Massacre

    Boston Massacre
    Boston MassacreBritish troops in the Massachusetts Bay Colony were there to stop demenstrations against the Townshend Acts and keep things in order, But they provoked, It has been known as "The First Battle of the Revolutionary war. Which is obviously why it lead the the American Revolution.
  • Tea Act

    Tea Act
    Tea ActThe Tea Act was the start of the Boston Tea Party, and the Boston Tea Party was a huge role to lead to the American Revolution. But the Tea Act united all parties in Britian against American extremists.
  • Boston Tea Party

    Boston Tea Party
    Boston Tea Party The Boston Tea Party is perhaps seemed to be the most important act in the American Revolution history. A handbill was posted all over Boston and said that the tea had been shipped by the East India Company, and is now arrived in the harbor.
  • Intolerable Acts

    Intolerable Acts
    Intolerable ActsThe British were able to put up with anything. Except when they saw the destruction of 342 chests of tea belonging to the British East India Company wanton destruction. They knew someone was going to pay the consequences.
  • Lexington and Concord

    Lexington and Concord
    lexington and ConcordThe Battles of Lexington and Concord were actually the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War. This made them apart of the leading to the American Revolutionary War.
  • Declaration of Independence

    Declaration of Independence
    Declaration of IndependenceThe Declaration of Independence was a a sing of independent nation freedom. Which was the end of the American Revolution.