1. ROAD TO REVOLUTION

2. NAVIGATION ACTS WHAT WAS IT?: regulated colonial trade IMPORTANCE:
COLONISTS SMUGGLE TO AVOID BRITISH LAW

3. Proclamation line IMPORTANCE:
What was it?: Line that kept colonist from moving west
IMPORTANCE:
COLONIST ANGRY THEY CAN’T MOVE ON LAND THAT THEY BELIEVE IS THEIRS

4. TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION
WHAT WAS IT?: Colonist being taxed without a representative
IMPORTANCE:
COLONIST WANT THEIR VOICE TO BE HEARD

5. SUGAR ACT IMPORTANCE: BRITISH CUTTING INTO COLONIAL PROFITS
WHAT WAS IT?: TAXED MOLASSES USED TO MAKE RUM
IMPORTANCE:
BRITISH CUTTING INTO COLONIAL PROFITS

6. STAMP ACT WHAT WAS IT?: TAXED ALL PAPER PRODUCTS IMPORTANCE:
APPLIES TO EVERYONE.
ALL COLONISTS ARE NOW TAXED.

7. TOWNSHEND ACTS IMPORTANCE: FINAL STRAW FOR COLONISTS
WHAT WAS IT?: KING REPEALS ALL TAXES EXCEPT TEA
IMPORTANCE:
FINAL STRAW FOR COLONISTS

8. BOSTON MASSACRE WHAT WAS IT?: 5 COLONISTS KILLED BY REDCOATS IN BOSTON
IMPORTANCE:
USED AS PROPAGANDA AGAINST THE BRITISH

9. BOSTON TEA PARTY
WHAT WAS IT?: COLONISTS THROW $1.7 MILLION WORTH OF TEA INTO BOSTON HARBOR
IMPORTANCE:
FORCES KING TO PASS “INTOLERABLE ACTS”

10. INTOLERABLE ACTS Importance: COLONISTS THINK THEY ARE TOO HARSH
What was it?: 4 LAWS PASSED AFTER TEA PARTY
Importance:
COLONISTS THINK THEY ARE TOO HARSH

11. LEXINGTON AND CONCORD
WHAT WAS IT?: First battles of the American revolution
IMPORTANCE:
A WAR IS NOW UNAVOIDABLE