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Road to Revolution
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French and Indian War
The seven years' war all started due to the French and the British fighting for land in the soon to be North America/13 colonies. The French and Indian war a conflict inside a conflict and ended when the Treaty of Paris was signed in 1763 -
Albany Plan of Union
Benjamin Franklin's idea/plan to unify our government of the 13 Colonies. -
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Pontiac's Rebellion
A little rebellion of Indians over rules on the Great Lakes region -
Proclamation of 1763
Was issued by King George III to forbid any colonization west of a line drawn along the Appalachian Mountains -
Sugar act
The Sugar Act increased the number of items that would be taxed when they were imported to the colonies, but it actually reduced the tax on molasses and sugar from 6 pence per gallon to 3 pence per gallon. this was the first tax on the American colonies imposed by British Parliament. -
Currency Act
Great Britain Developed paper currency to help traders and merchants with the value of the colonial currency value going down -
Stamp Act
The British Parliament exacted revenue from the American colonies by imposing a stamp duty on newspapers and legal and commercial documents. -
Quartering Act
Great Britain passed this act so if there was not enough room in the quarters/barracks, they could stay in people's homes or inns for free -
Sons of Liberty
First major act of the group was in Boston due to the Stamp Act that was put in place -
Declaratory Act
Made the taxing laws in the colonies the same as Great Britain -
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Townshend Acts
The act in which Great Britain put a a tax on everything that came into the colonies -
Boston Massacre
A big riot that broke out between the colonists and the British guards -
Tea Act
Helped a struggling Indian company ship tea to America, but new taxes were made on the colonies -
Boston Tea Party
Colonists dressed as Indians and raided three ships as a protest for the new tax on tea -
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Intolerable Acts
The first act was formed on March 31, 1774, the second, May 20, 1774, and the third, May 20 -
Quebec Act
Britain passed an act that gave the French Canadians religious freedom and got them out of civil law -
1st Continental Congress
All states (except Georgia) met in Pennsylvania to organize a resistance against Great Britain. -
Patrick Henry's "Give me liberty or give me death" speech
"Give me liberty, or give me death!" is a quotation attributed to Patrick Henry from a speech he made to the Second Virginia Convention at St. John's Church in Richmond, Virginia. -
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Second Continental Congress
56 delegates who attended the first meeting were in attendance at the second, and the delegates appointed the same president Peyton Randolph and secretary Charles Thomson. New arrivals included Benjamin Franklin and John Hancock -
Battle of Bunker Hill
British defeated the Americans at the Battle of Bunker Hill in Massachusetts. Despite the loss, the inexperienced colonial forces had significant casualties against the British, and the battle provided them with an important confidence boost. -
Common Sense by Thomas Paine
Was the first public asking for independence from Great Britain -
Battles of Lexington and Concord
British soldiers were sent to the colonies to confiscate their weapons and ended up starting the Revolutionary War
