Road to Revolution

  • Navigation Acts

    This is a set of laws that were passed by the English Parliament to enforce the colonists to sell all raw materials to England, even though colonists could possibly find better prices in Europe
  • Molasses Act

    Molasses Act

    Parliament placed a tax on all sugar products. Sugar, molasses, and rum
  • Fort Necessity

    Fort Necessity

    The battle at Fort Necessity was the first military engagement of the French and Indian War, a conflict that set the stage for the American Revolution.
  • French and Indian war

    French and Indian war

    A nine-year war from 1756 to 1763 between great Britain and France for control of North America
  • Sugar Act

    Sugar Act

    The Sugar act was a law passed by the British Parliament in 1764 to raise money from the American colonies.
  • Stamp Act

    The Stamp Act was a tax on printed paper in the American colonies, passed by the British government to help pay for defense