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The Road To The Revolution

  • Treaty Of Paris

    Treaty Of Paris
    In 1763 Britain And France Signed the Treaty Of Paris Bringing the long Conflict to an End .The Treaty of paris marked The End French Power In North America.Britain gained Canada and all french lands east of the Mississipi river Expect New Orleans.France Was Allowed to keep Only two island in the west Indies .
    Rate; 2 : The Indies Wanted something that the British had and the British wanted what The indians had . so that Creats a conflict
  • Stamp Act

    Stamp Act
    Stamp act Was That On Every Piece Of imporant legal docoments there had to be a stamp showing that the tax had been paid. Stamp taxes were used in britian and other countries to rasie money , However Britian Had Never Required American Colonists to Pay Such Tax , The colonists were mad Because They didnt get a say in what they were getting taxed on
    Rate 3;This Made The colonist Cry Out "NO Taxtation Without Represtaion' Colonists insisted that only they or Their elected representative had the
  • Stamp Act

    Stamp Act
    The right to Pass Taxes
  • Sugar Act

    Sugar Act
    The Sugar Act that Grenville relpaced an earlier tax which had been so high that any merchant who paid it would of been driven out of business . So Grenville lower the taxes to see if the merchants would pay . Grenville was a british Prime minister
    Because he aready new that the merchants were smuggling in sugar so by lowering the taxs .The Merchants would pay and he would earn some money .
    Rate ; 3; The Merchants were Upset that Grenville did that . Witch Made them Almost run out of business
  • Boston Massacre

    Boston Massacre
    A result Cripus Attuck An African American And Five People Lay Dead .
    Rate ; 3 Because It Was Only People in Boston who got affected . The British Soldiers didnt have the blame for any of it since they heard a shot and they shot to defend themselfs and same for the colonists
  • Boston Massacre

    Boston Massacre
    The Colonists were already mad about having to provide food and shelter for these British soldiers and ahving them in their streets and homes. They Couldnt take it Much longer . The Colonists wanted to start a war .
    -To Many Bostonians , The Soldiers were a daily reminder that britian Was Trying to Bully them into Payinq Taxes .
    One Night a large crowd assembled infront of the custom house and started to throw rocks at the british soldiers. Shots were fired into the crowed of colonist . As a
  • Tea Act

    Tea Act
    the price of their tea in order to attract a lot of buyers and to compete with the tea shipped from Holland. Unfortunately, the Americans were not at all pleased with this move. They were apparently forced to buy only the ones from the East Indian Company.Yes, the prices did go down. The offer looked tempting for the Americans, but they were no fools. The East Indian Company only sought to strengthen the monopoly they had been running to get back on track. The price reduction did not change
  • Tea Act

    he fact that the British Empire had used this ploy to continue their notorious tax collection strategies. This issue was no exception to the prominent slogan of the American colonists: “No taxation without representation.”
    Rate:4 : The Colonists honestly just wanted a say and they were mad . they didnt want to pay that much money fr tea . and having no say to anyting they have had it
  • Tea Act

    Tea Act
    It was an act established on 1773 by the British Parliament that stated that the East Indian Company would have to cruise directly to the American colonies to export their tea instead of going first to Britain and then export it again to the same colonies. This consequently made the tea cheaper for the Americans, but how did this make it controversial for them?At that time, the British East India Company had been facing bankruptcy due to the reduced sales of their tea. They originally ran their
  • Tea Act

    Tea  Act
    their business by monopolizing tea throughout the colonies. The highly-priced tea brought about a lot of smugglers to sell tea without the tax. Now this became a very dangerous situation for the company; huge piles of boxes were left to rot inside their warehouses since no one was buying them.
    In addition to that, the British Empire was displeased, so they decided to help out the company. In May of 1773, the Tea Act was established to solve their problem. The desperate attempt drastically reduce
  • Boston Tea Party

    Boston Tea Party
    Under a Nearly full moon the men boarded the ships split open the tea cheast and dumpped the tea into the harbor ;
    Rate;4 because the colonists were already mad about "NO taxation without represtion"
  • Boston Tea Party

    Boston Tea Party
    The Boston Tea Party Was Their Reaction towards the tea act .Three Ships Loaded with Tea Reached Boston Harbor in Late November. Sam Adams And The Sons of Liberty had other plans.One night of December 16 , They Met in old South Meeting House . They Send a message to the goverment demanding that the ship leave the horbor as a group of men in indian disguises burst into the meeting house. The disguished colonists left the meeting house and headed for the harbor. others jonined them along the way