Road to Revolution

Reorder

Please put the events in order by date.

1 = 1754-1763

2 = 1765

3 = 1767

4 = 1770

5 = 1773

• The French and Indian War

• The Stamp Act

• The Townshend Acts

• The Boston Massacre

• The Boston Tea Party

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2

3

4

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• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5

Multiple Choice

Why did the British end the policy of salutary neglect after the French and Indian War?

• The British were dissatisfied with the colonies' contributions to the war effort.

• The British wanted to punish the colonies for their involvement in the war.

• The British needed to raise money to pay off their war debts.

• The British were concerned about the growing independence of the colonies.

French and Indian War

• war between England and France over territory in North America. English victory resulted in large expansion of British colonies but angered many colonists as an unnecessary war (ended salutary neglect)

Sugar Act

Increased regulations on Sugar (and related products) coming into the colonies

The Stamp Act

• colonists were required to pay a tax on official documents

​The Quartering Act

an act that allowed British soldiers to stay in the houses and buildings of colonists without permission

Townshend Act

A series of laws and taxes passed by England to raise money and increase trade regulations

​The Tea Act

A law that required colonists to purchase English tea instead of products on the open market

Boston Tea Party

A group of colonists, dressed as Mohawk Indians, dumped 342 chests of British tea into Boston Harbor.

In retaliation, Parliament passed the Coercive Acts, which the colonists called the Intolerable Acts.