ROAD TO REVOLUTION

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ROAD TO REVOLUTION

• The significant events leading up to the
  Revolutionary War.

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Significant Events

• The Stamp Act
• The Townshend Acts
• The Boston Massacre
• The Boston Tea Party
• The Intolerable Acts

By the middle of the 18th century, differences in
life, thought, and economic interests had formed
between the American Colonies and Great Britain .
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The Stamp Act

• Law passed by the British Parliament in 1765
  requiring colonists to pay a tax on newspapers,
  pamphlets, legal documents, etc.

Manufactured Stamps
LINK
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The Townshend Act

• Taxes passed by Parliament in 1767 for goods
  brought into the colonies.

LINK
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The Boston Massacre

• The Boston Massacre was the killing of five men
  by British soldiers on March 5, 1770.
  
• This was the culmination of civilian-military
  tensions that had been growing since royal troops
  first appeared in Massachusetts in October 1768.

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THE BOSTON TEA PARTY
Fellow countrymen, we cannot afford to give a
single inch! If we retreat now everything we
have done becomes useless! If Hutchinson will
not send tea back to England, perhaps we can brew
a pot of it especially for him!
Samuel Adams -- December 16, 1773

• A 1773 protest against British taxes in which
  Boston colonists disguised as Mohawks dumped
  valuable tea into Boston Harbor

LINK
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The Intolerable Acts

• This was the American label for Parliaments
  response to the Boston Tea Party
  
• This would be the final breaking point for the
  colonists.

LINK
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The Revolution Begins
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Resources

• http//tqjunior.thinkquest.org/3803/Events/massacr
  e.htm
  
• http//tqjunior.thinkquest.org/3803/Events/tparty.
  htm
  
• http//www.dell.homestead.com/revwar/files/stamp.h
  tm
  
• http//www.dell.homestead.com/revwar/files
• http//www.dell.homestead.com/revwar/files/town.ht
  m
  
• http//www.dell.homestead.com/revwar/files/teapart
  y.htm