Road to the Revolution

Martricia HolmesOctober 20, 2011Social Studies 8-5

Road to the Revolution

Events Leading to the American Revolution

• French And Indian War• Sugar Act• Stamp Act• The Townsend Act• The Boston Massacre• The Tea Act• The Intolerable Acts• The First Continental Congress

French Indian War

When Most People Hear The French Indian War they think to say The French and Indian war. They also think that it is the French fighting

against the Indians, but it’s not!! The French Indian war was when the French

fought the British and the Indians joined in, because they were afraid that the British

would take over their land.

French And Indian War(1754-1763)

The French and Indian War was one of a series of wars between the British and French starting as early as the 1600s. The French Indian War took place from 1754 to 1763.

British soldiers fought against French soldiers and Native Americans. Native Americans joined in the battle against the British because they were afraid the British would take over their land (like I said earlier).

The war ended in 1763 when British Major General James Wolfe captured Quebec.

Sugar Act (4/5/1764)

When you hear sugar act it makes you think about sugar, doesn’t it? Well the sugar act was not about sugar it was about………

The 1764 Sugar Act was an act that put a three-cent tax on foreign refined sugar and

increased taxes on coffee, indigo, and certain kinds of wine. It banned importation of rum

and French wines.

Stamp Act

An act of the British Parliament in 1756 that exacted revenue from the American colonies by imposing a stamp duty on

newspapers and legal and commercial documents. Colonial opposition led to the act's repeal in 1766 and helped

encourage the revolutionary movement against the British Crown

The Townshend ActThe Townshend Acts were a series of acts passed beginning in 1767 by the Parliament of Great Britain relating to the British colonies in North America. The act was named after Charles Townshend, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, who proposed the program. The purpose of the Townshend Acts was to raise revenue in the colonies to pay the salaries of governors and judges so that they would be independent of colonial rule, to create a more effective means of enforcing compliance with trade regulations, to punish the province of New York for failing to comply with the 1765 Quartering Act, and to establish the precedent that the British Parliament had the right to tax the colonies

The Boston Massacre The Boston Massacre was an incident that led

to the deaths of five civilians at the hands of British troops on March 5, 1770, the legal

aftermath of which helped start the rebellion in some of the British American colonies,

which culminated in the American Revolutionary War.

The Tea Act

. What Is The Tea Act? I'm Going To Tell You.

Tea Act

The Tea Act was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain to expand the British East India Company's monopoly on the tea trade to all

British Colonies, selling excess tea at a reduced price.

The Intolerable Acts Series of laws sponsored by British Prime Minister Lord North and enacted in 1774

in response to the Boston Tea Party. The laws were these: Impartial Administration of Justice Act, which allowed the royal governor of a colony

to move trials to other colonies or even to England if he feared that juries in those colonies wouldn't judge a case fairly

Massachusetts Bay Regulating Act made all law officers subject to appointment by the royal governor and banned all town meetings that didn't have approval of the royal governor

Boston Port Act, which closed the port of Boston until the price of the dumped tea was recovered, moved the capital of Massachusetts to Salem, and made Marblehead the official port of entry for the Massachusetts colony.

Quartering Act, which allowed royal troops to stay in houses or empty buildings if barracks were not available

Quebec Act, which granted civil government and religious freedom to Catholics living in Quebec.

The First Continental CongressThe first Continental Congress was a convention

of delegates from twelve of the thirteen North American colonies that met on September 5,

1774, at Carpenter’s Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, early in the American

Revolution. The Congress met to consider options, including an economic boycott of British trade; rights and grievances; and

pleading King George III.

Dictionary Terms Boycott- the refuse to buy items from a particular country or business Propaganda- ideas or information designed to be spread to influence opinion Petition- a formally drawn Mercenary- paid solders who serves in the army of a foreign country Blockade- cut off an area by means of troops or warships to stop supplies or people

going out; to close a country’s port Compromise- agreement between two or more sides in which each side gives something

that it really wants Barracks- A building or group of buildings used to house soldiers Culminated- Reach a climax or point of highest development Rebellion- An act of violent or open resistance to an established government or ruler. Efficient- well-organized Compliance- Undertaken or existing mainly in order to comply with an earlier Imposing- impressive in appearance Repeal- The action of revoking or annulling a law or congressional act

Sources

• http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/related/sugaract.htm

• http://www.kidport.com/reflib/usahistory/americanrevolution/amerrevolution.htm

• http://www.kidport.com/reflib/usahistory/americanrevolution/BostonMassacre.htm

• http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/revolutionary+war