Road to Revolution

  • Proclamation line

    Proclamation line
    a line drawn along the Appalachain Mountains
  • Stamp Act

    Stamp Act
    Tax place on all paper goods by the British to help pay for the French and Indian war.
  • Quartering Act

    Quartering Act
    colonists have to shelter and feed the british troops
  • Declaratory Act

    Declaratory Act
    Repealing of the Stamp Act and the changing and lessening the Sugar Act.
  • Boston Massacre

    Boston Massacre
    Mob in Boston surrounds a group of 9 soilders.
  • Committee of correspondance

    Committee of correspondance
    Assemblies in VA and MA set up to communicate
  • Tea act

    Tea act
    destory an entire shipment of tea sent by the East India company
  • Boston Tea Party

    Boston Tea Party
    the sons of liberty dumped large amounts of british tea into the boston harbor
  • Intolerable act

    Intolerable act
    many of laws passed by the british parliament
  • "Shot heard around the world"

    "Shot heard around the world"
    The first shot of the American Revolutionary War.
  • Common Sense

    Common Sense
    written by Thomas paine, inspired people to for independance from Great Britian
  • Townshend Act

    Townshend Act
    Serious of four acts passed by the British Parliment to create authority over the colonies.
  • Declaration of Independence

    Declaration of Independence
    Declarates the independence of the United States from Great Britan