Road to Revolution

  • Mar 5, 1170

    Boston massacre

    Boston massacre
    March 5th, 1770 a fight occurred between Bostonians and British Solderirs
    The mob of Bostonians were fired on
    When the smoke cleared 5 lay ded 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
    This is known as the Boston Massacre
  • 1174

    Administration of Justice

    Administration of Justice
    Administration of Justice- British officials charge with a capital offense had to be tired in another colony or England The one coercive acts that was applied to all of the colonies was the Administration of Justice Act
  • Navigation Acts

    Navigation Acts
    The Navigation Acts is where laws forced colonists to sell their raw materials to England even if you'll get a better price somewhere else. Goods bought by the colonists from other countries in Europe had to go to England first and be taxed. All trade goods had to be carried on ships built in England or the colonies.
  • molasses act

    molasses act
    a British law passes in 1733 that taxed molasses, rum, and sugar imported into the North American colonies from non- British countries.
  • Fort Necessity

    Fort Necessity
    George Washington set up a small fort of his own. He called it Fort Necessity. Washington's outpost soon came under attack by the French and their Native American allies. These two colonies combine as an army and won the battle. The French later released the soldiers Washington surrenders, who retired to Virginia.
  • French and Indian War

    French and Indian War
    It was a war originally between the Natives with French against the British but a few years later it turned into a war with the Natives and the French and it started in 1756. It was a long process and it eventually ended in Feb 1763.
  • Sugar Act

    Sugar Act
    An ‘Act’ can be looked at as a synonym for a ‘Tax’
    This new tax lowered the tax on molasses imported to the colonies Would lower the price, and encourage more people to buy. Encourage Colonists to stop smuggling. It also allowed officers to seize accused smugglers goods without going to court .
  • Stamp Act

    Stamp Act
    The stamp act outraged colonists
    Patrick Henry, Va House of Burgesses,-...” the only and sole exclusive right and power to lay taxes (on its citizens)”Sam Adams started the sons of liberty started burning Effigies in the streets of Boston.Met in NY at the stamp act congress. Drafted a letter stating only colonial assemblies could tax colonists. And People boycotted -refused to buy British goods
  • Declaratory Acts

    Declaratory Acts
    Declaratory Act: Parliament has the right to tax and make decisions for British colonies “ in all cases”!!
  • Townshend Act

    Townshend Act
    -The Stamp Act was an INTERNAL TAX ( tax inside in the country)
    -The Townshend Acts was an EXTERNAL TAX ( tax on imported goods)
    A tax on imported goods
    -Glass
    -Lead
    -Paper
    -Tea
    -Paint
  • intolerable Acts

    intolerable Acts
    The intolerable Acts
    When news of the Boston Tea Party reached London, King george III stated-
    -“ We must either master them or totally leave them to themselves.”
    In response to the boston Tea Party, the parliament passed the coercive Acts
    Coercive Acts, 1774, is also known as the ‘intolerable Acts’. Intolerable means painful and unbearable
  • Quartering acts

    Quartering acts
    The Quartering Act- permitted the requisition of unoccupied buildings at first, to house British troops.
  • Quebec Act

    Quebec Act
    To further control the colonists, shortly after the coercive Acts, Parliament passed the Quebec Act.
    Quebec Act- June 1774: A government for canada was created, and extended its territory all the way south to the Ohio River
  • First Continental Congress

    First Continental Congress
    Declaratory Act: Parliament has the right to tax and make decisions for British colonies “ in all cases”!!
  • General Gage takes over Boston

    General Gage takes over Boston
    It was here tat a Torry- A colonist who is still loyal to the crown , had told General gage that the militia was hiding weapons at the farm
  • Paul Revere's Ride

    Paul Revere's Ride
    Dr. warren alerted paul revere and william dawes, who were members of the sons of liberty
    Revere and Dawes rode to lexington, a town east of concord, spreading the news-”The British are coming!!”A British Patrol would later capture Revere, and Dawes would turn back. The message is carried to concord by samuel prescott
    Lexington concord OR The shot Heard Round the World Due to Revere and dawes warning, 70 Minutemen were waiting for the 700 English redcoats
  • Battles of Lexington and Concord

    Battles of Lexington and Concord
    Lexington concord OR The shot Heard Round the World
    Due to Revere and dawes warning, 70 Minutemen were waiting for the 700 English redcoats the morning of april 19th, 1775
    Realizing that they were badly outnumbered, the minute
    An unknown shot was fired, and both sides engaged
    When smoke cleared, 8 Minutetmen lay dead. Few weapons were found in Lexington