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Road to the American Revolution

By kskobel
  • Sugar Act

    Sugar Act
    Parliament lowered the tax on molasses to make colonies buy more from Britain instead of smuggling from the French and Spanish.
  • Stamp Act

    Stamp Act
    British tax on printed paper in the American colonies.
  • Declaratory Act

    Declaratory Act
    Declared that Parliament could tax the American colonies.
  • Townshend Acts

    Townshend Acts
    British taxes on glass, lead, paints, paper, and tea.
  • Boston Massacre

    Boston Massacre
    A street fight between a patriot mob and British soldiers occurred in the streets of Boston.
  • Tea Act

    Tea Act
    American colonies are only permitted to sell tea from the British tea company.
  • Boston Tea Party

    Boston Tea Party
    Colonists dressed as Indians boarded merchant ships in Boston Harbor and threw all the tea overboard.
  • Intolerable Acts

    Intolerable Acts
    Harsh laws passed by Parliament to punish the American colonists for protesting.
  • Lexington and Concord

    Lexington and Concord
    First battles of the American Revolution
  • Repeal Stamp Act

    Repeal Stamp Act
    Nullified the Stamp Act of 1775