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The Road to Revolution

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  • Jamestown

    Jamestown
    The Virginia Company of London founds the first colony in NOrth America: Jamestown, Virginia.

  • Slavery

    Slavery
    Rhode Island colony outlaws slavery.

  • War

    King Phillips War in New England leaves 600 colonists and 3000 Native Americans dead.

  • Salem Witchcraft Trials

    Salem Witchcraft Trials
    Salem, Massachusetts has the witchcraft trials.

  • Slaves

    Slaves
    There are 140,000 black slaves in the English colonies of America.

  • Science

    Science
    Benjamin Franklin founds the first Scientific Society in America at Philadelphia.

  • Sugar Act

    Sugar Act
    Sugar Act England taxes sugar, molasses, wine, and coffee coming into the colonies to help pay for colonial military costs.

  • Townshend Act

    Townshend Act tax tea, glass, lead, paint, and other items imported into the colonies.

  • Boston Massacre

    Two million people are living in England's American colonies. Five americans are killed by British soliders in the "Boston Massacre"

  • Boston Tea Party

    Boston Tea Party
    Boston Tea Party: A protest against taxation.