1. Road to Revolutionary War

2. Ohio Valley major battle ground
b/w French and British

3. Long Term Causes….. 1. Navigation Acts
2. French and Indian War

4. 4. Mercantilism 3. Practice Salutary Neglect
lasted from the 1690's to the 1760's
Brit laws not enforced
Left colonies alone b/c England was getting what it needed from the colonies
England
America
4. Mercantilism
Belief that a country should export more than it imports.
 based on the concept of increasing profits by controlling trade
American colonies supply raw materials and serve as a market for the finished goods that had been made in England

5. 5.
Idea of questioning traditional institutions like gov’t and religion.
Exps popluar ppl: Locke, Rousseau, Voltaire, Montesquieu
Push for self-gov’t
Huge influence on USA founding fathers

6. TIMELINE ACTIVITY: Road to American Revolution (TITLE)
Sugar Act 1764
Quartering Act 1765
Stamp Act 1765
Stamp Act of Congress
“no taxation without representation
Sons & Daughters of Liberty
Samuel Adams
Declaratory Act 1766
Townshend Acts 1767
Boston Massacre 1770
Committees of Correspondence
Boston Tea Party 1773
Intolerable Acts 1774
1st Continental Congress
Who present?
Why meet?
Accomplish? (LEAVE THIS ONE FOR ME)
Lexington and Concord 1775
What happen here?
Importance?
Who involved?
For each event
What is it? What's being taxed? Why important? Significance
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TIMELINE ACTIVITY: Road to American Revolution (TITLE)