The Road to Revolution

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    French and Indian War

    A British versus France battle where both sides were supported by units from their own country
  • Albany Plan

    Albany Plan

    Idea was to create a unified 13 colonies. This plan was offered by Benjamin Franklin.
  • Proclamation of 1763

    Proclamation of 1763

    Divides the land that both sides agreed on.
  • Sugar Act

    Sugar Act

    Placed taxes on things like sugar and molasses.
  • Stamp Act

    Stamp Act

    Tax placed on papers, documents, etc.
  • Quartering Act

    Quartering Act

    CItizens were required to house and feed British soldiers.
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    Townshend Act

    Taxed goods imported to the colonies.
  • Boston Massacre

    Boston Massacre

    British soldiers who shot and killed multiple citizens, who were supposedly innocent.
  • Boston Tea Party

    Boston Tea Party

    Colonists revolted taxes by throwing tons of tea into the harbor
  • Intolerable Acts

    Intolerable Acts

    An Act passed to punish the citizens for defiance in the Tea Party.
  • 1st Continental Congress

    1st Continental Congress

    A meeting of delegates from 12 states who met early in the American Revolution.
  • Lexington and Concord

    Lexington and Concord

    The first military fights of the American Revolutionary War.