The Road to Revolution

  • Proclamation of 1763

    Proclamation of 1763

    King George the third made it so the colonist could not settle west of the Appalachian mountains
  • Currency Act

    Currency Act

    Banned the use of paper money
  • Sugar Act

    Sugar Act

    taxes were put on sugar and allowed officials to check homes for smuggled sugar or molasses
  • Stamp Act

    Stamp Act

    Put taxes on most printed materials
  • Sons Of Liberty

    Sons Of Liberty

    Protest against the stamp act, in large groups or mobs
  • Non-Importation Agreement

    Non-Importation Agreement

    a pledge took by colonist to not buy any British goods due to the stamp act
  • Writs of Assistance

    Writs of Assistance

    Search warrants that enabled British officials to enter any location at any time of the day
  • The Townshend Acts

    The Townshend Acts

    New taxes on glass, lead, paper, paint and imported tea
  • Boston Massacre

    Boston Massacre

    British soldiers fired into an angry crowd of colonist killing 5 people
  • The Gaspee Incident

    The Gaspee Incident

    Colonist burned down an English ship named the Gaspee
  • Committees of Correspondence

    Committees of Correspondence

    Communicating with other colonies to unite against the British
  • Tea Act

    Tea Act

    Made that tea could only be brought in from one place making it very expensive
  • The Tea Party

    The Tea Party

    Colonist dumped 342 chest of tea into Boston Harbor
  • Coercive Acts

    Coercive Acts

    4 new Laws passed: Ports act, shuts down Bostons ports; Mass. Government Act, Governor appointed not elected; Administration of Justice Act, Cases against British were to be settled in British courts; Quartering Acts, people were to give lodging to British soldiers
  • Quebec Act

    Quebec Act

    Gave French religious freedom and restored French from Civil War
  • 1st Continental Congress

    1st Continental Congress

    The first meeting held in Philadelphia to issue a deceleration of rights and a boycott of British goods
  • Declaration of Independence

    Declaration of Independence

    A document signed by all the colonies to show their independence from Britain