1. Road To The American Revolution

2. Events Sugar Act Stamp Act Townshend Act Boston Massacre
Boston Tea Party
Intolerable Act
First Continental congress
Lexington And Concord
Second Continental Congress
Declaration Of Independence

3. Sugar Act 1764 Cause: Colonist were smuggling goods.
Affect: More imports were taxed.

4. Stamp Act
1765
Cause: The British taxed Colonies to pay for debts from the French and Indian War.
Affects: Dice, Newspapers, Magazines, etc…were all taxed.

5. Townshend Act 1767 Cause: To gain revenue from the American Colonies.
Affect: They organized resistance and spoke out against it.

6. Boston Massacre 1770 Cause: Soldiers came home and took all the jobs.
Affect: Fist fight broke out between soldiers and civilians, four people were killed.

7. Boston Tea Party 1773 Cause: Lord North passed the Tea Act.
Affect: 15,000 pounds of tea dumped into the Boston Harbor

8. Intolerable Acts 1774 Cause: King George III was infuriated
Affect: Boston Harbor was shut down

9. First Continental Congress
1774
Cause: To defend Colonial rights.
Affect: If the British used force than they would fight back.

10. Lexington And Concord
1775
Cause: Minuteman quietly stocked up on firearms and gunpowder.
Affect: Bloodred and humiliated

11. Second Continental Congress
1775
Cause: The Loyalties that divided the colonist sparked endless debates.
Affect: Appointed George Washington as Commander, recognized the continental Army.

12. Declaration Of Independence
1776
Cause: Main Colonist wanted independence.
Affect: Set the American Colonist free.