Road to Revolution

  • The French and Indian war

    The French and Indian war scared the colonies of British America and they fought against New France. Both British America and New France were supported by the military by the parent country and by the Native America.
  • The Proclamation of 1763

    After the conclusion of the French and Indian War in 1763, the relations between the American colonists and the British Crown and Parliament fell apart fast.
  • The Sugar Act

    The Sugar Act also called plantation act or revenue act. The British legislation aimed at ending the smuggling trade in sugar and molasses from the French and Dutch West Indies.
  • Stamp Act of 1766

    The British Parliament passed the "Stamp Act" to help pay for British troops stationed in the colonies during the Seven Years' War. The act required the colonists to pay a tax, represented by a stamp.
  • Townshend Acts of 1767

    The Parliament passes the Townshend Acts. The people support the name of Charles Townshend, Chancellor of the Exchequer, who is the chief treasurers the British Empire.
  • The Boston Massacre

    The British soldiers shot and killed several people while being harassed by a mob in Boston. The event was painful and was by the leading Patriots such as Paul Revere and Samuel Adams.
  • The Tea Act

    The Tea Act was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain. The principal objective was to reduce the massive amount of tea held by the financially troubled British East India Company in its London.
  • Boston Tea Party

    The Boston Tea Party was a political protest which was at Griffin's Wharf in Boston, Massachusetts. American colonists where frustrated and angry at Britain for imposing “taxation without representation.
  • Intolerable Acts

    The Intolerable Acts were punitive laws passed by the British Parliament. The laws were meant to punish the Massachusetts colonists for their defiance in the Tea Party protest in reaction to changes in taxation for the British
  • 1st Continental Congress

    In the 1st Continental congress the 13 colonies except for Georgia all met in Philadelphia as the First Continental Congress to organize colonial resistance to Parliament's Coercive Acts.