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Road to Revolution

By 26hcampbell

  • The French and Indian War

    The French and Indian War
    The Seven Years War, or the French and Indian War, was a seven-year long dispute from 1754 to 1763 between the British and the French due to land disagreements in the Upper Ohio River Valley. In return, sparked a seven-year long war that Britain eventually won but at a great financial cost.

  • The Proclamation of 1763

    The Proclamation of 1763
    The Proclamation of 1763 was a proclamation of a boundary line that would keep colonists from expending westward over the Appalachian Mountains to avoid further conflicts with the Native Americans.

  • The Sugar Act

    The Sugar Act
    Due to the high cost of the French and Indian War, Britain was in debt and because of that debt, they taxed the colonies. This caused outrage in the colonies because Britain was taxing them without representation in parliament..

  • Stamp Act of 1765

    Stamp Act of 1765
    Colonists had to pay a tax on anything with paper and yet again, this caused outrage due to 'taxation without representation'.

  • The Townshend Acts of 1767

    The Townshend Acts of 1767
    Taxes on glass, lead, paints, paper, and tea. Writs of assistance were used to enforce the new tax. This caused a boycott on British goods and the Sons of Liberty attacked customs houses.

  • The Boston Massicure

    The Boston Massicure
    A crowd gathered in Boston after a British soldier hit a colonist and after the colonists threw snowballs, rocks, sticks, and other objects at the soldiers, they fired upon the crowd of colonists. Crispus Attucks was the first to be shot dead and is widely considered to be the first death in the Revolutionary War. This further shattered the relationship between the colonies and the Royal Crown.

  • The Intolerable Acts

    The Intolerable Acts
    To punish the colonists for their "tea party" the Royal Crown released new laws that included: Closing the Boston Harbor, closing the Massachusetts Charter, Royal officers would be sent to Britain to await trial, and General Thomas Gage was mad the new governor of Massachusetts.

  • The First Continental Congress

    Delegates from every state congregated in Philadelphia, except Georgia, to draft the Declaration of Rights that stated rights to "life, liberty, and property."