Road to the American Revolution & Declaration of Independence

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Road to the American Revolution & Declaration of Independence

Road to Revolution

Benchmark:

French & Indian War 1754 - 1763

1763 - After French & Indian War

Stamp Act – 1765:

Stamp Act – 1765 - Reaction

The Quartering Acts

Townshend Revenue Acts - 1767

Boston Massacre - 1770

Tea Act / Boston Tea Party 1773

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

The Quartering Act II - 1774

First Continental Congress – Sept. 1774

Lexington & Concord – April 1775

Second Continental Congress May 1775

January 1776 – Thomas Paine’s Common Sense is published

July 4, 1776 – The Declaration of Independence

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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)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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