1. Road to the American Revolution & Declaration of Independence

2. Road to Revolution

3. Benchmark:

5. French & Indian War

6. 1763 - After French & Indian War

7. Stamp Act – 1765:

9. Stamp Act – Reaction

10. The Quartering Acts

11. Townshend Revenue Acts - 1767

12. Boston Massacre

13. Tea Act / Boston Tea Party 1773

14. In response to the Boston Tea Party The Intolerable Acts - 1774

15. The Quartering Act II

16. First Continental Congress – Sept. 1774

17. Lexington & Concord – April 1775

18. Second Continental Congress May 1775

19. January 1776 – Thomas Paine’s Common Sense is published

20. July 4, 1776 – The Declaration of Independence

21. Review:

22. Review:

23. Review:

24. The French & Indian War (part of the Seven Years War)
Review:
After this war, fought by European powers in America, the British wanted the colonists to help pay off their debts?
The French & Indian War (part of the Seven Years War)

25. Review:
After the French & Indian War, England began doing this to the American Colonies?
Taxing

26. This was an English tax on paper goods?
Review:
This was an English tax on paper goods?
The Stamp Act

27. Protested, demonstrated, and boycotted English goods
Review:
What did the colonists do in response to the Stamp Act?
Protested, demonstrated, and boycotted English goods

28. Protested, demonstrated, and boycotted English goods
Review:
What did the colonists do in response to the Stamp Act?
Protested, demonstrated, and boycotted English goods

29. This act forced the colonists to house English soldiers?
Review:
This act forced the colonists to house English soldiers?
The Quartering Act

30. This act placed a tax on finished imported goods like glass and lead?
Review:
This act placed a tax on finished imported goods like glass and lead?
Townshend Revenue Act

31. Review:
When British soldiers fired on an unarmed crowd in Boston the event was called?
The Boston Massacre

32. Review:
Protesters dressed up like Native Americans and threw goods into Boston Harbor during this event?
Boston Tea Party

33. Review:
The first real shots of the what would become the Revolutionary War happened at these two towns?
Lexington & Concord

34. The Coercive or Intolerable Acts
Review:
In response to the Boston Tea Party, the British passed these acts which closed Boston Harbor and suspended legislatures?
The Coercive or Intolerable Acts

35. The Continental Congress
Review:
Colonial representatives met at this gathering to respond to the British and act as a governing body for the “nation”?
The Continental Congress

36. The Declaration of Indepedence
Review:
This document announced that we were splitting ties with England?
The Declaration of Indepedence