Snip of history

ROAD TO REVOLUTION

  • The French and Indian war

    The French and Indian war
    between Great Britain and France
  • The Proclamation of 1763

    The Proclamation of 1763
    British produced boundary marked in the Appalachian Mountains, decreed on October 7 1773
  • The Sugar Act

    The Sugar Act
    British legislation wanted to end the smuggling trade in sugar.
  • Stamp Act of 1766

    Stamp Act of 1766
    Act was repealed on 18 March 1766, It was a act were they charged tax on paper
  • Townshend Acts of 1767

    Townshend Acts of 1767
    series of measures, passed by the British Parliament in 1767
  • The Boston Massacre

    	The Boston Massacre
    a shooting in Boston on March 5, 1770, where British soldiers shot and killed several people, they called it a Massacre to scare people and to make it stop happening.
  • Tea Act

    Tea Act
    gave permission to the company the right to ship its tea directly to the colonies without first landing.
  • Boston Tea Party

    Boston Tea Party
    It was when People got onto a tea ship and dumped all the tea over board in front of the colonists causing a shortage in tea upping the price.
  • Intolerable Acts

    Intolerable Acts
    The laws were meant to punish the Massachusetts colonists for their defiance in the Tea Party protest
  • 1st Continental Congress

    1st Continental Congress
    The First Continental Congress was a meeting with 12 of 13 colonies.