The Road To Revolution

Proclamation of 1763 After the French and Indian War,

Native groups started attacking settlers in land that used to belong to France

Because of the war, England couldn’t afford to protect the settlers.

King George III made a law that nobody could settle west of the Appalachians

This was called the Proclamation of 1763.

Quartering Act 1765 To keep peace with

Native Americans, England decided to keep 10000 soldiers in the colonies

This required colonists to house or quarter English soldiers and provide them with supplies.

Stamp Act 1765 To make money to pay off F&I

War debt, the English passed a law called the Stamp Act

All legal and commercial papers had to have a tax paid on them.

You proved you had paid the tax by having a stamp put on the paper.

Colonial leaders like Samuel Adams and the Sons of Liberty protested with boycotts.

Townshend Acts 1767 Took away New

York’s ability to govern itself

Placed taxes on glass, lead, paper and tea

Boston Massacre 1770 Colonists in Boston

provoked British soldiers by throwing snowballs at them and calling them names

The British fired into a crowd

5 colonists were killed

The Americans used the incident to show how bad the British were (propaganda)

Boston Tea Party 1773 Colonists were

boycotting tea because of the taxes.

The tea sat on ships in Boston Harbor

The Sons of Liberty threw the tea into the harbor to protest the taxes.

Intolerable Acts 1774 Closed port of

Boston|

Suspended Massachusetts legislature

Imposed Military Rule on all of Massachusetts

First Continental Congress Colonies agreed to

work together

Representatives from 12 of the 13 colonies met

Called on King to stop unfair treatment

Lexington and Concord 1775

British rode to Lexington and Concord to take colonial weapons and arrest leaders

Colonial minutemen met them and they fought

British 273 dead. Colonists less than 100.

Shot heard round the world

First battle of Revolutionary War.