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Road to revolution

  • Navagtion acts

    Navagtion acts

    A series of laws that the English parliament put on the colonists in the 1600's.It made colonists sell all raw materials to England even though they could get better prices elsewhere in Europe.
  • Molasses act

    Molasses act

    It was a tax on colonists on the molasses and rum from the north American colonies and non British colonies.
  • Fort necessity

    Fort necessity

    A young Virginian named George Washington was sent with a militia to attack the French. After marching to Fort Duqeuense, Washington set up a small fort called Fort necessity and it was later attached by the french.
  • French and Indian war

    French and Indian war

    A seven year war between the French, Native, and the English. The French and natives had an alliance for a period of time but after a while the Natives decided to stay neutral and exit the war. The french and English kept fighting and attacking each others forts. By the end the English had one and the french was forced to leave the new world but some fled to bottom Louisiana by the permission of the Spanish. The natives and the English had some fighting at the end to. 8/1/1756 - 2/1/1763
  • sugar act

    sugar act

    1764 parliament passed the sugar act on colonists
    An act can be looked as a synonym for tax
    This new tax lowered tax on molasses imported to the colonies
    The new idea was that a lower tax
    Would lower price and encourage more people to buy
    Encourage colonists to stop smuggling Many colonists believe that this violated a british citizen right
  • Stamp act

    Stamp act

    In 1764 parliament passed the stamp act
    A small tax on all printed materials
    News paper
    Wills
    Playing cards
    Documents
  • Declaratory acts

    Declaratory acts

    It was a series of the British putting on taxes and law on the colonists without even giving them a choice or a chance to represent themselves.
  • Townshed act

    Townshed act

    The townshed act was a tax on like everyday things and a tax on imported goods
  • Boston massacre

    Boston massacre

    A night in Boston when a bunch of red coats were cornered by a crowded of Bostonians. The Boston people were throwing snow and ice and at one point a club this caused one of the red coats to fall and his musket went off this made a chain reaction go off and all the red coats shot their muskets and 5 Bostonians died that night including a 11 year old boy and a Native African.
  • Quebec Act

    Quebec Act

    A British act that expanded the territory of Quebec and trapped all colonists basically on the new world.
  • General Gage takes over Boston

    General Gage takes over Boston

    A general named gage took over Boston
  • Administration of Justice

    Administration of Justice

    An act that allowed people accused of crime to have a fair trial in England
  • quartering act

    quartering act

    An act on the colonists that allowed the red coats to enter your homes at any time and there were no laws against it.
  • First Continental Congress

    First Continental Congress

    The time when the very first continental congress
  • Paul Revere's Ride

    Paul Revere's Ride

    when Paul rode all over Boston alerting the people the red coats were coming