1. ROAD TO REVOLUTION

2. FRENCH & INDIAN WAR A war over territory and power
George Washington was a soldier who narrowly escaped death
Peace treaty signed in and France gave Canada to England
Colonists happy that England controlled a bigger American empire

3. PROCLAMATION OF 1763
King George III said to draw a line between the Indians and colonists to avoid problems
Indians stay west of the Appalachian Mountains and colonists east

4. THE STAMP ACT (1765)
England needed to pay off the debt from the French and Indian War
Decided to tax the colonists
Stamp Act required them to buy a stamp for every piece of paper
Parliament had no right to tax because colonists had no representatives in Parliament

5. QUARTERING ACT (1765)
Ordered colonists to provide housing and food for British soldiers

6. TOWNSHEND ACTS (1767)
Placed a tax on goods the colonies imported from England, such as glass, paint, paper, and tea
Colonists boycotted by not buying these items
England got rid of the tax in 1770, except the one on tea

7. BOSTON MASSACRE (3/5/1770)
British soldiers fired at a mob of colonists
5 colonists died
Samuel Adams used this moment to get colonists even more mad at England
John Adams defended the soldiers and claimed self defense

8. TEA ACT (1773)
It lowered the cost of tea sold by the British East India Company
Gave this company complete control of the tea market
Colonists not fooled and saw this as a form of tax without consent

9. BOSTON TEA PARTY (12/16/1773)
Sons of Liberty dressed as Indians and dumped the British tea into the ocean
3 ships filled with 90,000 pounds of tea were thrown out

10. INTOLERABLE ACTS (1774)
Designed to punish Massachusetts for the Boston Tea Party
Closed the Harbor until the tea was paid for
Placed Massachusetts under British control
Soldiers accused of murder would be tried in England
More troops sent to Boston to enforce new laws
This helped begin to unite the colonists

11. FIRST CONTINENTAL CONGRESS (1774)
Brought together delegates from the colonies
Patrick Henry urged them to come together as one people instead of citizens of individual colonies.
Agreed to send a respectful message to the king ,continue boycott and meet again if boycott didn’t work

12. LEXINGTON (4/19/1775) The king refused to answer the colonists message
British discovered colonists were hiding gunpowder and weapons in Concord
Paul Revere and others warned of the British coming to Concord
Minutemen stood in the way, but British won and continued to Concord

13. CONCORD (1775) Colonists hid the weapons and British started a fire
Colonists attacked and didn’t run away
British ran away and got shot by Minutemen on the way back to Boston