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Road to Revolution

  • Navigation Acts

    Navigation Acts
    The colonies set up a place to sell their raw materials for stuff they got. But they were forced to give their raw materials to Britih. Even if they got a better price elsewhere.
  • Molasses Act

    Molasses Act
    A British law passed in 1733 that taxed molasses, rum, and sugar imported into North America colonies from non-British countries.
  • Fort Necessity

    Fort Necessity
    The fort that George Washington who is the leader of the militia set up a fort made up of ordinary people.
  • French and Indian War

    French and Indian War
    When the French and the Indians were partners and they teamed up against the colonies and we got present day Florida from Spain
  • Sugar Act

    Sugar Act
    The idea that they would lower the tax and the price which encouraged people to stop smuggling goods into the colonies
  • Stamp Act

    Stamp Act
    It is when they taxed the paper, playing cards, and the newspapers and then they sold it
  • Declaratory Acts

    Declaratory Acts
    This is when the Parliament has the right to tax and make decisions for British colonies "in all cases" They could tax anything without the British Colonies having a saying
  • Townshend Act

    Townshend Act
    The Townshend Acts was the act on the imported goods. The imported goods was the stuff that was shipped into the colonies.
  • Boston Massacre

    Boston Massacre
    When a fight occurred between Bostonian and the British Soldiers and he called for backup. The red coat got hit in the head by club and his gun went off and the redcoats fired when the chief said not to.
  • General Gage takes over Boston

    General Gage takes over Boston
    General Gage had orders from the Parliament to seize weapons and arrest leaders of the Massachusetts militia. To take 700 British soldiers to Concord where there arms and ammo was.
  • Intolerable Act

    Intolerable Act
    Intolerable Acts: Intolerable means painful and unbearable and the British made rules of what they had to do in response of the Boston Tea Party
  • Quartering Act

    Quartering Act
    Permitted the requisition of unoccupied buildings at first, to house British troops. British troops could live in your house and they controlled it like you make them breakfast and like they pick and demand everything