road to revolution

navigation acts

1650

Navigation Acts forced colonists to sell their goods to England even if they could get a price somewhere else and goods bought by the colonists somewhere else in Europe had to be taxed by England.

Molasses Act

1733

A law that imposed a tax on molasses imported from foreign countries to the colonies.

Fort Necessity

1754

George Washington led a militia and set up a fort near Fort Duquesne called Fort Necessity. It soon became under attack by the French, and they won, forcing the militia to surrender.

French and Indian war

1756

This war consisted of the British and the French fighting over the Ohio river valley. It started in 1756 and ended in 1763.

Sugar Act

1764

lowered the tax on molasses, which encouraged more people to buy it. this tax also allowed officers to sieze smugglers.

stamp act

1765

taxed printed materials

declaratory acts

1766

allowed parliament to tax the colonies for anything and everything.

Townshend acts

1767

taxed glass, paper, lead, paint, and tea.

Boston massacre

1770

British soldiers were provoked by the crowd and misheard an order to fire.

General Gage takes over boston

May 13, 1774

General Thomas Gage was ordered to take weapons and arrest members of the Massachusetts militia

intolerable (coercive) acts

Jun 1, 1774

5 acts that were in response to the Boston tea party to keep the colonies in line and "ground" them

Quartering act

Jun 2, 1774

a law in which colonists were forced to provide refuge to soldiers and even let them sleep in their beds.

administration of justice

Jun 3, 1774

an act ensuring a fair trial for British officials who were charged with capital offenses while upholding the law or quelling protests in Massachusetts Bay Colony.

Quebec act

Jun 4, 1774

The British controls quebec

First continental congress

Sep 1, 1774

55 patriots from every colony (excluding Georgia) met in Philadelphia to create a political body.

Paul Revere's Ride

Apr 18, 1775

Paul revere rode across the colonies yelling "The British are coming!"

Lexington and Concord (The Shot Heard 'Round The World)

Apr 19, 1775

70 minutemen waited for 700 redcoats to appear. Before they could run, a shot was fired. Both sides fought, and 8 minutemen lay dead. 120 British troops advanced to Concord because a Tory had informed them about weapons that would be there.Finding there was no weapons, they marched back to the North Bridge, where the colonists engaged in gorilla warfare, chasing the redcoats back to Boston. by the end of the battle, 174 redcoats are injured and 73 redcoats lay dead.Only 18 minutemen are wounded.