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road to the american revolution
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quartering act
the Quartering act states that you are required to house and provide food for the british soligers if they ask. people did not like sharing thier houses with the British, but the act was not repealed for a long time. -
stamp act
the stamp act was a tax on playing cards,newspaper, and just normal old printed paper along whith many other things. the colonists were angered that the british were taxing them for a war they didn't have any part in. -
boston massacre
the boston massacre took place when the colonist were taunting the british soldiers and throwing ice, stones, and other hamful objects at the solgiers and daring them to fire. this is why the british solgier s fired upon the colonists killing five people one of them, (the first one to get shot) was a slave. -
tea act
the Tea act taxed all the tea and also stated that the colonist had to buy the british tea. this angered the colonists resulting in the Boston Tea Party where a millon pounds of tea was dumped into the sea -
quebec act
the Quebec act made people who lived in quebec into land lords and gave quebec some of the land owned by the colonists. this angered the colinist because the british had no right to take away the colonists land and give it to another. -
battle of lexinton and concord
the battle of L exington and Concord was considered the battle that started the American Revolution.The first gun fired at the battle was considered the shot heard around the world. -
common sense
Common sense was written by Thomas Paine. Paine presented arguments for freedom from british rule at a time when freedom was rarely thought of in doing this Paine created a distinctly american political identity.
