Road to Revolution

By 24apuefua1

  • French and Indian War

    The French and Indian War was the North American conflict in a larger imperial war between Great Britain and France known as the Seven Years' War. ... British colonial forces, led by George Washington, attempted to get rid of the French in 1754, but were outnumbered and defeated by the French.

  • Proclamation of 1763

    The Proclamation of 1763 was issued by the British at the end of the French and Indian War to appease Native Americans by checking the encroachment of European settlers on their lands.

  • Sugar Act

    A law passed by the British Parliament in 1764 raising duties on foreign refined sugar imported by the colonies so as to give British sugar growers in the West Indies a monopoly on the colonial market.

  • Stamp Act of 1765

    The Stamp Act was made by the British Parliament on March 22, 1765. The new tax was imposed on all American colonists and they had to pay a tax on every piece of printed paper they used.

  • Townshend Acts

    The Townshend Acts were a series of laws made by the British government on the American colonies in 1767. They placed new taxes and took away some freedoms from the colonists.

  • The Boston Massacre

    The Boston Massacre occurred on March 5, 1770 when British soldiers in Boston opened fired on a group of American colonists killing five of them.

  • Tea Act

    The Tea Act, made by Parliament on May 10, 1773, granted the British East India Company Tea a monopoly on tea sales in the American colonies.

  • Boston tea party

    The Boston Tea Party was a protest by colonists in Boston against the Tea Tax that had been imposed by the British government.

  • Intolerable Acts

    The Intolerable Acts were laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774 after the Boston Tea Party. The laws were meant to punish the Massachusetts colonists for their resistance in the Tea Party protest.

  • 1st Congressional Congress

    The Congress was structured with emphasis on the equality of participants, and to promote free debate. After much discussion, the Congress issued a Declaration of Rights, affirming its loyalty to the British Crown but disputing the British Parliament's right to tax it.