Road To Revolution

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  • May 10, 1173

    Tea Act.

    Tea Act.
    http://www.bostonteapartyship.com/the-tea-act
    The Tea Act was an event caused by the angered colonists. The dumped over 92,000 pounds of tea into the Boston Harbor. This lead to Revolution, because the British felt threatened.
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    The French and Indian War

    http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/related/frin.htm
    The English and The French battled for colonial domination in North America, The Caribbean, and in India. It was the debt that caused the escalation of tensions leading to the Revolutionary War.

  • Proclamation of 1763

    http://www.landofthebrave.info/proclamation-of-1763.htm
    The Proclamation of 1763 was issued by the British King
    George III.This proclamation concluded the French and Indian War. Thsi encouraged the Anti-British attiude that eventually culminated the revolutionary war.

  • Stamp Act

    http://www.history.org/history/teaching/tchcrsta.cfm
    the new act was impoed on all American colonists and required them to pay a tax on every piece of printed paper they used. The colonists rose in armed rebellion against the British which helped lead up to the Revolutionary War.

  • Townshend Acts

    http://www.infoplease.com/encyclopedia/history/townshend-acts.html
    These acts placed taxes on many of the British products bought by Americans, including , lead, paper, paint, glass, and, tea. These acts helped lead up to the Revolutionary War by rebellion among the colonists.

  • Boston Massacre

    Boston Massacre
    The Boston massacre started on March 5, 1770. It ignited the Revolutionary War, possibly to the lives taken. http://www.bostonmassacre.net/

  • Intolerable Acts

    Intolerable Acts
    http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/related/intolerable.htm
    This is similar to the Tea Act. The British had lost money. Boston decided that they would soon bring the revolution to armed rebellion throughout the colonies.

  • Boston Tea Party

    Boston Tea Party
    http://library.thinkquest.org/TQ0312848/btp.htm
    The Boston Tea Party was when the colonists threw tea into the Boston Harbor. What caused them to do this was the British taxes. The British wanted to have a punishment for the colonists.