Road to the Revolution

  • Treaty Of Paris

    The treaty between France, Spain, Portugal, and Great Britain
  • Proclamation Act

    An act passed by England that prohibited settlers past the Appliachian mountains.
  • Sugar Tax

    Tax placed on sugar and molasses per gallon bought
  • Stamp Act

    Act passed by England that taxed every paper object impoted into Boston.
  • Quartering Act

    An act that said that if the barracks was full, British troops could live in houses and inns.
  • Declaration of Rights and Grivences

    A declaration written by the Stamp Act Congress stating that the acts passed by the British were unconstitutional.
  • Declatory Act

    An act that was passed in place of the Stamp act, which was reapeled.
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    Townshead Acts

    (Ignore the actual dates, I just wanted to show that these were over a period of time) The townshed acts were place on paper, lead, tea, glass, and paints.
  • Boston Massacre

    A moment when some Colonist were rioting against some British, and the British fired upon the crowd, killing 5 people.
  • Commitee of Correspondence

    A proposol by the Virgina house of Burgesses that every state should appoint a standing commitee
  • Tea Act

    An act passed bu Britian that made zero revenue for Britian.
  • Boston Tea Party

    Act by the Sons of Liberty, when they snuck on ships in Boston Harbor and dumped over 300 chests of tea into the Harbor.
  • Battle of Legington and Concord

    The location of the first battles of the Revolution.
  • Olive Branch Petition

    An attempt to have the Colonists rights reworked.
  • Common Sense Published

    Pamphlet written by Thomas Paine that isnpired independence.
  • Intolerable Acts

    (These were all in 1776, not on whatever this date is marked as) The Intolerable Acts were passed to punish the Coloniss for the Boston Tea Party.
  • Declaration of Independence

    This is the document that was signed by the Second Continental Congress that declared indpendence from England.