Events Leading to the American Revolution

Used to raise revenue to pay colonial governors

Series of taxes placed on large number of imports to the colonies

• Sugar Act

• Intolerable Acts
• Townshend Acts
• Stamp Act

Created £70 million debt for Great Britain

Britain began raising more taxes in the colonies after this event

Number of battles occurred around Pittsburgh and into Canada

• War of 1812
• American Revolution
• Mexican-American War
• French and Indian War

5 colonists killed

Crispus Attucks first colonist to die in fight against the British

• Boston Massacre

• Boston Tea Party

• Lexington and Concord

• Washington crossing the Delaware

Who is this? Major villian in the Declaration of Independence.

• King George III
• Thomas Jefferson
• George Washington

• Benjamin Franklin

Reaction to unpopular tax

• Boston Massacre

• Boycotts of the Stamp Act

• The Boston Tea Party
• Lexington and Concord

First battles in the American Revolution

• Battles of Lexington and Concord
• Battle of Gettysburg
• Battle of Waterloo
• Battle of Bunker Hill

What event is happening here?

• Signing of the Declaration of Independence

• Signing of the Constitution

• Signing of the Magna Carta

• Signing of the Treaty of Paris

Boycotts and reaction to this unpopular tax on playing cards and legal documents.

• Sugar Act

• Townsend Acts

• Stamp Act

• Intolerable Acts

British strategy for governing American colonies before the French and Indian War

• Salutary neglect
• Increased representation in the British Parliament
• Complete independence for the colonies
• Strict enforcement of trade regulations

Place the following items in order. The earliest item should be first.

• Lexington and Concord

• Townshend Acts

• Intolerable Acts

• Boston Tea Party

• French and Indian War