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Road to Revolution
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Proclamation Line
Proclamation of 1763-- bans colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains. Hoping to avoid further conflict with Indians. The proclamation angered many colonists. They moved past line against wishes of the British. Colonist believe the line shows the British don't care about them. -
Stamp Act
Colonial opposition led to the act's repeal in 1766 and helped encourage the revolutionary movement against the British Crown.Few colonists believed that they could do anything more than grumble and buy the stamps until the Virginia House of Burgesses adopted Patrick Henry's Stamp Act Resolves. -
Quartering Act
The Quartering Act made provisions for British troops to be given food and shelter at the expense of the American colonists. The Quartering Act was one of the series of Intolerable Acts passed as a reprisal to the Boston Tea Party. -
Declaratory Act
It stated that the British Parliament's taxing authority was the same in America as in Great Britain. There was nothing drastic or immediately threatening about the Declaratory Act, passed by the British parliament immediately after the Stamp Act was repealed . -
Townshend Act
Townshend act directed tax on paint, paper, glass, and tea.
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Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre was the killing of five colonists. During the massacre there were snowballs and insults hurled. Soldiers panic and and fire, killing five colonists including Crispus Attucks. It was said that the Boston Massacre was a major victory for the colonists. -
Tea Act
British pass a law removing tax from British tea, keeping tax on colonial tea. Colonist react violently. Dressed as Indian, colonists board an English ship in Boston Harbor-- dump 18,000 pounds of English tea into the water. -
Committee of Correspondence
1st colonial congress. They began to form militias know as minutemen who where trained soldiers. There were 56 delegates including, George Washington, John jay, John and Samuel Adams, Patrick Henry, meet in Philadelphia. -
Boston Tea Party
British tea is being boycotted. British pass a law removing tax from British tea, keeping tax on colonial tea. Colonist react violently. Dressed as Indians, colonists board an English ship in Boston Harbor-- dump 18,000 pounds of tea into the water. -
Intolerable or Coercive Acts
he Intolerable Acts were the American Patriots' term for a series of punitive laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774 after the Boston Tea party. They were mean to punish the Massachusetts colonists for their defiance in throwing a large tea shipment into Boston harbor. After the French Indian War the British Government decided to reap greater benefits from the colonies -
"Shot Heard Around the World"
British soldiers in Boston were sent to capture the militia's weapons. Paul Revere, William Dawes, and Israel Bissell warned the colonists that, " The Red Coats were coming." British troops marched to Concord to capture colonial leaders and the ammunition and weapons that were stored there. The first two battles of the american Revolution were fought at Lexington when the american militia met up with the British forces. -
Common Sense
Paine's Common Sense encourages break with British. Very influential because it was read by many people. Expressed enlightenment ideas of creating better, more equal society. -
Declaration of Independence
The United States first needed to formally declare independence from Great Britain. Thomas Jefferson, at the youngest age of 33, who wrote the Declaration of Independence. Jefferson borrows some ideas from Locke-- says man has the right to " Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Says all mean are equal. States that government derive their power from the people they govern. -
Road to revolution
Great Britain had ousted the other European countries from North America. The British were in control, North America was added to the British empire and american colonists were subject to British rule, laws and taxes. The colonists in America believed that the British King had sided with the Native Americans, against the interests of the settlers. This is one of the first British actions that led the Americans to take the Road to Revolution and Independence from British rule.
