Road to Revolution

Proclamation Line

Oct 7, 1763

Proclamation Line
is about king george III following Great Britain's acquisition of French territory in North America

Stamp Act

Mar 22, 1765

The Stamp Act
Is about the British Parliament and about newspaper

Quartering Act

May 3, 1765

Quartering Act
is about the British soldiers can live in your house and you are supposed to feed them

Declaratory Act

Mar 20, 1766

Declaratory Act
British Law, passed in mid March by the Parliament of Great Britain, that was passed at the same time that the stamp act

Townshend Acts

Jun 15, 1767

Townshend Acts is about
imposed duties on glass, lead, paints, paper and tea imported into the colonies.

Boston Massacre

Mar 5, 1770

Boston Massacre
is about 5 people that was killed

Committee of Correspondence

Mar 21, 1773

Committee of Correspondence
is about british policy and established a political union among the Thirteen Colonies

Tea Act

Dec 16, 1773

Tea Act
is about the principal objective was to reduce the massive amount of tea

Boston Tea Party

Dec 16, 1773

Boston Tea Party
is about they throw and dump all of the tea in to the boston harbor. It was 342 chests of tea overboard

Intolerable or Coercive Acts

Mar 24, 1774

Intolerable or Coercive Acts
is about that they were meant to punish the Massachusetts colonists for their defiance in throwing a large tea shipment into boston harbor.

"Shot Heard Around the World"

Jul 19, 1775

Shot Heard Around the World
is about the first shot that was fired

Common sense

Feb 14, 1776

Common sense is about a book

Declaration of Independence

Jul 4, 1776

Declaration of Independence
Is something about Thomas Jefferson writes about Second Continental Congress