Road to Revolution

By sal513658

  • Treaty of Paris

    The treaty made France give up all territories in North America.

  • Proclamation Act

    King George 111 didn't allow the colonials settlement settle west of Appalachian Mountains.

  • The Sugar Act

    Colonists were required to pay a tax of six pence per gallon of imported molasses.

  • Quartering Act

    The American colonies were required to house British soldiers.

  • The Stamp Act

    British Parliament passed an act that required Americans colonists to pay any paper that was printed. Use the tax money for protecting and defending the America Frontier.

  • Stamp Act congress

    British passes act which put a direct tax on everything printed for commercial and legal use in the colonies.

  • Deceleration of Rights and Grievances

    This document detailed the rights they have, their posterity and the basis for the foundation of their own government.

  • Declaratory Act

    British Parliament got their way on repealing the Stamp Act. British taxing was the same way in North America and Great Britain.

  • Stamp Act repealed

    After many protests, and an appeal by Ben Franklin before the British House of Commons, Parliament repealed the act.

  • Townshend Act

    Charles Townshend passed the act because the Stamp Act got repeal. Also it help collect revenue from colonists in America .Some of the duties were lead, paper and etc....

  • Boston Massacre

    An accident occur on King Street which British soldiers killed 5 colonist. What happen was that a mop of colonist were throwing snow balls at them which made them angry

  • Tea Act

    British gave East India Company a bailout, which also gave them a monopoly on importation and the sale of tea in the colonies.

  • Boston Tea party

    Samuel Adams lead the Sons of Liberty because he wanted the Parliament to know how he felt about the Tea Act. What happen was that he dumped all the tea into the water which he was dressed up as a Native Americans.

  • Committee of Correspondence

    The colonies worked together to form an inter-colonial communication system during the turmoil with Britain.

  • Intolerable Acts

    Britain response to the Boston Tea Party. The acts included Boston Port Act, Massachusetts Government Act, Administration of Justice Act, and the Quebec Act.

  • First Continental Congress

    This group met in retaliation to the Intolerable Acts. The group had 54 delegates, but no one from Georgia. They drafted a Deceleration of Rights and Grievances

  • Battle of Lexington and Concord

    The battles happened between the towns of Lexington and Concord.British Troops were sent to find colonial weapons when they ran into militia.

  • Bunker Hill

    2,200 British Soldiers landed on Charleston Peninsula, then marched to Breeds Hill to fight the colonist forces.

  • Olive Branch Petition

    This document detailed the rights the colonist wanted, making them more independent then they currently were, but still staying connected.

  • Deceleration of Independence

    This document was written mainly by Thomas Jefferson, it was what came out of a meeting called the Second Continental Congress. The document detailed the grievances that Britain made against them and rights the colonists believed they deserved.

  • Common Sense

    Thomas Paine written a pamphlet about advocating Independence of Great Britten.