Events Leading to the American Revolution
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- Q1British ban settlement west of Appalachian MountainsProclamation of 1763Townshend ActsBoston Tea PartyQuartering Act30sEditDelete
- Q2Placed a tax on sugar and molasses. Harsh punishment for smugglersSugar ActLexington and ConcordStamp ActTea Act30sEditDelete
- Q3The colonists fought alongside the British to win this war. The war put Britain deeply into debt. 1754-1763American RevolutionFrench and Indian WarWar of 1812Civil War60sEditDelete
- Q4Required colonists to provide housing and food as well as other supplies to British troops.Tea ActTownshend ActsStamp ActQuartering Act60sEditDelete
- Q5Passed by Parliament (British Government) - Requires the purchase of special tax stamps for documents.Boston MassacreStamp ActQuartering ActBoston Tea Party60sEditDelete
- Q6Set up a system to enforce new import duties (taxes). Colonists protested court orders called Writs of Assistance, which were used to search for illegal goods. This taxed everyday items such as tea, glass, paint, etc.Navigation ActsTownshend ActsStamp ActSugar Act60sEditDelete
- Q7On March 5th, 1770, British soldiers fired into an angry crowd of workers and killed five, wounded another 6. Crispus Attucks was the first to die for the American Cause.Battle of SaratogaLexington and ConcordBoston MassacreBattle of Bull Run60sEditDelete
- Q8Parliament gave monopoly rights (sole right to sell to the colonies) to the East India Tea Company. Tea prices were down, but the colonists thought they should be able to buy from whomever they wanted.Tea ActSugar ActStamp ActQuartering Act60sEditDelete
- Q9A group of colonist (the Sons of Liberty) dressed like Native Americans, boarded British ships and dumped tea into Boston Harbor.Tea ActBoston Tea PartySugar ActTownshend Acts60sEditDelete
- Q10Parliament's response to the Boston Tea Party. It closed the Port of Boston, increased the powers of the Royal Governor, shut down the colonial legislature, colonists charged with murder could be tried in England, and strengthened the Quartering ActSugar ActsTea ActBoston Tea PartyIntolerable Acts (Coercive Acts)60sEditDelete
- Q11First met in Philadelphia, PA in September and October of 1774 - Demanded repeal of the Intolerable Acts and declared that the colonists had the right to tax and govern themselves. Called for training of militiasMayflower CompactVirginia House of BurgessesFirst Continental Congress60sEditDelete
- Q12British Troops and American Minutemen engaged in the first battle of the American Revolution. Later that day, a second battle took place in Concord, MA. About 300 British troops were killed. April 18, 1775YorktownAppomattoxLexington and ConcordSaratoga60sEditDelete