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road to revolution

Period: Jan 1, 1760 to Dec 31, 1780

End of French and Indain War

Feb 10, 1763

videoThe French lost all of their land to Great Britan. But Great Britan went into a war debt and started to tax the colonists

Proclamation of 1763

Oct 7, 1763

Banned all of colonists from settling west of the Application Mountains

Sugar Act

Apr 5, 1764

Sugar ActTaxed sugar molasses and other items. Harsh punishments for smugglers

Quartering Act

Mar 24, 1765

Made colonists house and feed British soilders

Stamp Act

Oct 19, 1765

Stamp ActTaxed any document such as wills, letters, playing cards etc

Townshend Act

Jun 29, 1767

Taxed imports goods such as lead, tea, glass etc.

Boston Massacre

Mar 5, 1770

video on Boston massacre A killing of five colonists from an angry mob at Boston, Massachusetts

Tea Act

May 10, 1773

The Tea Act made the colonists only buy the tea frome Great Britan

Intolerable Acts

Mar 30, 1774

The Intolerable Acts a huge chain of act that strengthened the Quatering Act and also blockaded the Boston Harbor. It also moved the trial of Ben Franklin to Great Britan

Boston Tea Party

Apr 1, 1774

Boston Tea PartyColonists dressed up as Native Americans and duped 45 tons of tea into the Boston Harbor

First continental congress

Sep 5, 1774

meeting that diside what to do about the britain.

Paul Revere's Ride

Apr 18, 1775

PoemPaul Revere rode to warn the Colonists that the British were coming to prepare to fight.

Lexington and Concord

Apr 19, 1775

"The Shot Heard Around The World" The first battle of the Revolutionary War with Solders vs. Solders