Road To Revolution
Published on Nov 19, 2015
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
1753 IT BEGINS
- The English and French begin war over the Ohio River Valley
- The Indians chose the side that would give them a better future
1760 THE WAR IS OVER
- The French lost the war and lost land
- The English won the Ohio River Valley
1763 THE PROCLAMATION
- King George founded the proclamation of 1763
- The proclamation angered the English colonist
- The colonist were not allowed to go into the new land
- The king sent soldiers to keep the colonist from passing
1765 THE STAMP ACT
- The colonist had to pay taxes on paper goods
- They were angry because they had no representation in government
1765 THE QUARTERING ACT
- The colonists had to house and feed the soldiers
- The colonists where running out of food
1766 DECLATORY ACT
- It stated that the parliament had the right to tax the colonists
- Mainly stated the power of the british crown
1766 THE TOWNSHEND ACT
- Put tax on glass, lead, paints, paper, and tea
- Americans viewed the tax as abuse of power
BOSTON MASSACRE 1770
- The colonist begain a mob
- The soldiers killed 5 people in self defense
- Paul Revere painted a painting called The Bloody Massacre
- The painting made it appear more people were killed than there actually was
BOSTON TEA PARTY 1770
- The king put taxes on tea
- The colonists boycotted the British tea
- The colonists smuggled Dutch teag
