Road to Revolution

  • French and Indian war

    The French and Indian war was a war between Britain and the Native Americans.
  • Proclamation of 1763

    It didn't allow American colonists to settle west of Appalachia.
  • The sugar act

    Reduced the taxes on Sugar and Molasses
  • The Stamp Act

    The British people started putting taxes on paper to help pay for the French and Indian war
  • The Townshend Act of 1767

    The colonists boycotted British goods
  • The Boston Massacre

    The Boston Massacre was pretty much a big street fight between the patriots and British soldiers. A squad of British soldiers were killed
  • Tea act

    Britain made a law so that they could ship their tea to North America.
  • Intolerable Acts

    After the Tea act the British made laws to punish the Massachusetts colonists for there defiance in tea
  • 1st Continental congress

    delegates from each of the 13 colonies except for Georgia met in Philadelphia