Road To Revolution

  • Proclamation line

    Proclamation line
    an imaginary line that goes across the Appalachian mountains and makes a boundary # British colonists can't go past that #Colonist that had already settled there had to go back
  • Treaty of Paris

    Treaty of Paris
    The British won the French and Indian war #First of two treaties of Paris # Officially Ended the French and Indian War
  • Intolerable acts

    Intolerable acts
    Had to house a soldier if asked # Closed Boston's port #Punished the Massachusetts colony
  • Sugar Act

    Sugar Act
    There were tariffs #Pay French and Indian war #"NO Taxation without representation"
  • Stamp Act

    Stamp Act
    Every kind of document had to have a stamp # Pay in sliver coins #Propoganda hard to get
  • Townshend act

    Townshend act
    A lot of tariffs #The New York Assembly was suspended # Revenue act
  • Boston Massacre

    Boston Massacre
    1,000 soldiers went to Boston # There was violence # m,,,,
  • Boston Tea Party

    Boston Tea Party
    People were throwing tea chests into the sea #Protest by the Sons of Liberty #Britian demanded those people to get arrested
  • 1st Continental Congress

    1st Continental Congress
    No more intolerable acts # No more trading with England# Colonies were starting to train minutemen
  • Patrick Henry's Speech

    Patrick Henry's Speech
    " Give me Liberty or give me Death" # He said the speech inside the House of Burgesses
  • The Battle of Bunker Hill

    The Battle of Bunker Hill
    Militia isn't afraid They battled on a hill #The British win
  • Battle of Lexington and Concord

    Battle of Lexington and Concord
    Frist battle of the War #Britan had way more and bigger advantages # Troops go to Boston
  • 2nd Continental Congress

    No more trading with the British #Agreed to a "continental army" # Washington is of course the leader
  • Common Sense

    Common Sense
    Monarchies are lying # Thomas Paine's work #It's not necessary for England to rule America