Unit 1: The Road to Revolution

War between England and France over North American territory

• French & Indian War

• Revolutionary War

• Settler's War

• 5 Years' War

To refuse to buy goods from a certain source

• Boycott

• Tyranny

• Militia

• Townshend Acts

American Colonists can not settle west of the Appalachian Mountains

• Stamp Act

• Townshend Acts

• Proclamation of 1763

• The Tea Act

This act required colonists to house and feed British Troops

• Quartering Act

• Townshend Acts

• Intolerable Acts

• Proclamation of 1763

This act required colonists to buy a stamp each time they registered a legal document, bought newspapers, pamphlets, and almanacs.

• Tea Act

• Sugar Act

• Intolerable Acts

• Stamp Act

Tax on British goods such as paint, glass, lead, paper, and tea.

• Quartering Act

• Townshend Acts

• Tea Act

• Proclamation of 1763

Clash between Boston rioters and British Troops that left 5 colonists dead.

• Boston Tea Party

• Intolerable Acts

• Boycott

• Boston Massacre

Series of Acts designed to punish Colonists for the Boston Tea Party

• Townshend Acts

• Martial Law

• Intolerable Acts

• Tyranny

Americans who wanted to split from England

• Patriots

• Loyalists

• Rebels

• Revolutionaries

Why did British policy towards the American colonies change after 1763?

• They had a huge debt from the war that they needed to pay off

• They had a new King who was known for his brutality and cruelty

• Since they lost the French and Indian War they needed to try new policies

• The American colonists were demanding independence and freedom from Britain