road to revolution

  • navigation acts

    navigation acts
    The Navigation Act was built off of laws were passed by the English/Britain They had to sell their goods to England for low prices and were taxed on stuff to so they were getting rigged out of a bunch of money
  • The Molasses Act

    The Molasses Act
    a British law passed in 1733 that taxed molasses, rum, and sugar imported into the North American colonies from non-British countries
  • fort ness.

    fort ness.
    where George Washington built it to go against the french forces, at the start of the french and inidian war they used it to beat the french but, they won the first battle but not the second because they also had a fort but theirs was a proper fort and they won called fort Duquesne
  • French and Indian war

    French and Indian war
    it started in 1756 and ended in 1763 1758 british won a key victory at Fort Louisburg1758 New Englanders and the british captured Ft. Frontenac Lake Ontario 1758 british took Ft. Duquesne 1759 Quebec capital of New France fell to british hands 1760 Montreal falls to british forces 1763 Treaty of Paris - France lost land claims in North America while Britain gained Canada and most French lands east of the Mississippi River and Britain ended up winning with the treaty of Paris
  • Sugar act

    Sugar act
    In 1764, Parliament passed the Sugar Act on the colonists. An act can be looked at as a synonym for tax. This new tax lowered the tax on molasses imported to the colonies. The idea was that a lower tax Would lower the price and encourage more people to buy. It also Encouraged the colonists to stop smuggling and, lastly, allowed officers to seize accused smugglers' goods without going to court.
  • Townshend act

    Townshend act
    The Townshend Acts was an EXTERNAL TAX (tax on imported goods)A tax on important goods -Glass-lead-paper-tea-paint-
  • The Stamp Act

    The Stamp Act
    In 1765 Parliament passed the Stamp Act
    A small tax on all printed materials consider the following material Newspaper Wills Playing cards Documents stuff like this all got taxed
  • Declaratory act

    Declaratory act
    Declaratory act is were parliament has the right to tax and make decisions for British colonies in all cases
  • Boston massacre

    Boston massacre
    It was where a fight occurred between Bostonians and British soldiers The mob of Bostonians was fired on When the smoke cleared 3 were injured and 5 lay dead Among the dead was Crispus Attucks
    Part native american part African As well as an 11-year-old boy named Christopher Seider
  • Genaral gage takes over boston

    he took over the governor position of Massachusetts, replacing the unpopular Thomas Hutchinson. In April 1775, Gage received orders from London to take action against the Patriots.
  • intolerable act

    THE INTOLERABLE ACTS
    When news of the Boston Tea Party reached London George lll stated We must either master them or totally leave them to themselves In response to the Boston Tea Party the parliament passed the Coercive Acts Coercive Acts 1774 is also known as the intolerable act. intolerable means painful and unbearable
  • quartering act

    The Quartering Act permitted the requirement of unoccupied buildings at first to house british troops
  • Administration of justice

    Administration of justice British officials charged with a capital offence had to be tried in another colony or England
  • Quebec act

    Quebec Act June 1774: A government for Canada was created, and extended its territory all the way south to the Ohio River.
    The Colonist were trapped
  • paul revere ride

    paul revere's midnight ride was an alert given to minutemen in the Province of Massachusetts Bay by local Patriots on the night of April 8th, 1775, warning them of the approach of British Army troops before the battles of Lexington and Concord.
  • battle of lexington and concord

    Due to Revere and Dawes warning 70 minutemen were waiting for the 700 english redcoats the morning of April 19th, 1775Realizing that they were badly outnumbered the minutemen were about to break