Road to Revolution

War between England and France over North American territory

• French & Indian War

• Revolutionary War

• Settler's War

• 5 Years' War

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

What was the British policy of ‘salutary neglect towards their colonies?

• A system of high taxes on nearly all goods to enrich the British monarch

• A system where the British mostly ignored their colonies and let them rule themselves

• A policy of severe punishment for anyone not following British laws or not paying taxes

• The granting of independence to anyone who wants it

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

When the Colonists in Massachusetts got super upset over the Tea Act, the anger eventually boiled over on December 16, 1773 in an event where a bunch of tea got ruined and dumped into the ocean.

• The Boston Massacre

• The Coercive Acts

• That thing when the people did the thing because of the other thing that made them sure that the thing they were angry about needed to be handled because things can get messy you know?

• The Boston Tea Party