ROAD TO REVOLUTION

FRENCH & INDIAN WAR A war over territory and power George Washington was a soldier who narrowly escaped death Peace treaty signed in 1763 and France gave Canada to England Colonists happy that England controlled a bigger American empire

PROCLAMATION OF 1763 King George III said to draw a line between the Indians and colonists to avoid problems Indians stay west of the Appalachian Mountains and colonists east

THE STAMP ACT (1765) England needed to pay off the debt from the French and Indian War Decided to tax the colonists Stamp Act required them to buy a stamp for every piece of paper Parliament had no right to tax because colonists had no representatives in Parliament

QUARTERING ACT (1765) Ordered colonists to provide housing and food for British soldiers

TOWNSHEND ACTS (1767) Placed a tax on goods the colonies imported from England, such as glass, paint, paper, and tea Colonists boycotted by not buying these items England got rid of the tax in 1770, except the one on tea

BOSTON MASSACRE (3/5/1770) British soldiers fired at a mob of colonists 5 colonists died Samuel Adams used this moment to get colonists even more mad at England John Adams defended the soldiers and claimed self defense

TEA ACT (1773) It lowered the cost of tea sold by the British East India Company Gave this company complete control of the tea market Colonists not fooled and saw this as a form of tax without consent

BOSTON TEA PARTY (12/16/1773) Sons of Liberty dressed as Indians and dumped the British tea into the ocean 3 ships filled with 90,000 pounds of tea were thrown out

INTOLERABLE ACTS (1774) Designed to punish Massachusetts for the Boston Tea Party Closed the Harbor until the tea was paid for Placed Massachusetts under British control Soldiers accused of murder would be tried in England More troops sent to Boston to enforce new laws This helped begin to unite the colonists

FIRST CONTINENTAL CONGRESS (1774) Brought together delegates from the colonies Patrick Henry urged them to come together as one people instead of citizens of individual colonies. Agreed to send a respectful message to the king ,continue boycott and meet again if boycott didn’t work

LEXINGTON (4/19/1775) The king refused to answer the colonists message British discovered colonists were hiding gunpowder and weapons in Concord Paul Revere and others warned of the British coming to Concord Minutemen stood in the way, but British won and continued to Concord

CONCORD (1775) Colonists hid the weapons and British started a fire Colonists attacked and didn’t run away British ran away and got shot by Minutemen on the way back to Boston