ROAD TO REVOLUTION

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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