Road to Revolution

  • Navigation Act

    Navigation Act
    The laws forced the colonies to sell their raw materials to England.There for goods brought from the colonies from other countries in Europe went to England first to be taxed, to earn money.
  • The Molasses Act

    The Molasses Act
    A British law passed in 1733 that taxed Molasses, rum, and sugar imported into North America colonies from non-British countries.
  • Fort Necessity

    Fort Necessity
    Where George Washington built a small fort to fight the French and Native Americas. It marks the start of the French and Indian War
  • French and Indian War

    French and Indian War
    The French and Indian War began in 1754 and ended in 1763.The French and Indian War is a war between the British Empire and the French determining control over the Ohio River Valley.
  • Sugar Act

    Sugar Act
    The Sugar Act is an act where the colonist lowered their taxes to get more people to buy there goods and for people to stop smuggling.
  • Stamp Act

    Stamp Act
    The Stamp Act is an act where people put a small tax on all printed materials.( Newspaper, Will, Playing cards, Documents.)
  • Declaratory Acts

    Declaratory Acts
    Parliament can tax and make decisions for British colonies “in all cases”.
  • Townshend Act

    Townshend Act
    The Town shend Acts was an external tax (tax on imported goods) A tax on imported goods. The goods were Glass, Lead, Paper, Tea, Painting.
  • Boston Massacre

    Boston Massacre
    The Boston Massacre is where a fight occurred between Bostonians and British Soldiers. The mob of Bostonians fired on. When the smoke cleared 5 lay dead and 3 were injured. Among the dead was Crispus Attucks. Part Native American Part African
    As well as an 11-year-old boy named Christopher Seider
  • Intolerable Act 1

    Intolerable Act 1
    The intolerable Act is also known as the ‘Intolerable Act’. Intolerable means painful and unbearable.
  • Quartering Act 2

    Quartering Act 2
    The Quartering Act permitted the requisition of unoccupied buildings to house British troops.
  • Administration of Justice 3

    Administration of Justice 3
    The Administration of Justice Act required British officials charged with capital offenses to be tried in another colony or England.
  • Quebec Act

    Quebec Act
    The Quebec Act is where a government for Canada was created, and extended its territory all the way south to the Ohio River and the colonists were trapped.
  • First Continental Congress

  • General Gage takes over Boston

  • Paul Revere's Ride

  • Battles of Lexington and Concord

  • Fort Ticonderoga

  • Second Continental Congress

  • Battle of Bunker Hill