Roads to Revolution

By l3lood
  • Proclamation of 1763

    Proclamation of 1763

    This order prohibited, or barred, colonists from living west of the Appalachian Mountains, on Native American land.
  • The Sugar Act

    The Sugar Act

    tax (collected in England) on colonial exports like sugar, molasses, wine and whale fins...also provided harsh punishments for smugglers.
  • Stamp Act

    Stamp Act

    tax on legal and commercial documents.
  • The Town-Shed Act

    The Town-Shed Act

    paper, led, glass, paint, and tea weree taxed
  • Boston Massacre

    Boston Massacre

    5 people are shot at a riot in downtown boston by British Soldiers.
  • The Boston Tea Party

    The Boston Tea Party

    Sons and Daughters on Liberty dress up as indians, board a ship carrying brtish tea and take the crates and dump them overboard into Boston Harbor.
  • The Intolerable/Coercive

    The Intolerable/Coercive

    Meant to punish the massachusetts colonists for thier defiance.
  • The First Continental Congress

    The First Continental Congress

    The First Continental Congress was a meeting of delegates from twelve of the thirteen colonies.
  • Paul Revere's Midnight Ride

    Paul Revere's Midnight Ride

    Paul Revere road form boston to the other colonies warning them of the inpending british attack.
  • Battle of Lexington and Concord

    Battle of Lexington and Concord

    First Military engangement inbetween the British and th Colonists.
  • The Second Continental Congress

    The Second Continental Congress

    Convention of the delagtaes from the 13 colonies that started in the summer of 1775.
  • Capture of Fort Ticonderoga

    Capture of Fort Ticonderoga

    Small force of Green Mountain Boys led by Ethan Allen and Benidict Arnold overpowered a small British Garrison at Fort Tichonderoga.
  • Battle of Bunker Hill

    Battle of Bunker Hill

    An early revolutionary war that was won by the British.