America

Road to revolution

  • navigation acts

    navigation acts

    These are 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 elsewhere in Europe
  • molasses act

    molasses act

    taxes on all sugar products
  • fort necessity

    fort necessity

    a fort made by goerge washinton and they surrendered in battle the fort
  • French and Indian war

    French and Indian war

    A war between France and Virginia that lasted five years, and the war was over after 7 years. They fought over land
  • Sugar act

    Sugar act

    Lowering of taxes to make colonists stop smuggling goods
  • Stamp Act

    Stamp Act

    A small tax on all printed materials
  • declaratory acts

    declaratory acts

    the Parliament has the right to tax and make decisions for British colonies in all cases
  • townshed act

    townshed act

    external taw on imported goods that made the colonist mad
  • boston massacre

    boston massacre

    When colonists attacked the governor's house British soldiers were sent to protect, but were ordered not to fire. Then, when the colonists started throwing things at them, one of them accidentally fired then they all started to fire. 5 died, and 3 were injured
  • Paul reveres ride

  • Intolerable acts

    Intolerable acts

    removed local government and replaced it with a Crown-appointed military governor and Closed Boston Harbor until reimbursement of the 342 chests of tea that were dumped into the harbor The British now run the Boston
  • quartering acts

    quartering acts

    Permitted the requisition of unoccupied buildings to house British troops at the colonists' expense, although it did not require soldiers to be quartered in private homes
  • Administration of Justice

    Administration of Justice

    British officials charged with a capital offense had to be tried in another colony or England
  • Quebec Act

    Quebec Act

    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

  • battles of Lexington and concord

  • general gage takes over Boston