Road to the American Revolution Project
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- Navigation Acts
- 1
- *squeak!*
- Can you believe the new trade act that Britain is enacting?
- Nope! After ignoring us for so long, what changed?
- Stamp Act
- 2
- Exactly! Who does the King think he is?
- I cant believe this new Act. First tax our sugar, now our paper!?
- Quartering Act
- 3
- What has gotten into the government's heads? They can't just force soldiers into our homes!
- How do they expect us to care for an extra person suddenly?
- *snore*
- The Navigation Acts, as you can guess, had to do with navigation. After the F&I War, Britain wanted to increase the amount of money in the treasury - so they prevented colonists from trading with anyone but Britain, and they were sometimes limited to the use of British ships.The colonists didn't take this well, but they didn't fight too much over it either.. If only they knew what the future held...
- Boston Massacre
- 4
- The Stamp Act was a tax put on paper products such as newspapers, dice, legal documents, and playing cards. Britain was still deep in debt so this tax (which was a direct tax, meaning the money earned went straight to Britain) seemed like a logical way to get money from the colonists.The Sugar Act that came before hadn't gone over well with the colonists either, and this was practically adding insult to injury. But yet, things would get worse...
- Intolerable/Coercive Acts
- my goodness! quite a childish way to handle protest, eh?
- 5
- "very strict laws"
- The Quartering Act was a law that required colonists to house soldiers still in America after the F&I War. The colonists were forced to provide for their needs on the spot, any time that a soldier came knocking on their door.The colonists did not react well at all to this; but talk of any kind of revolt still seemed far-fetched...
- 2nd Continental Congress
- 6
- The Boston Massacre was a deadly conflict that occurred between American colonists and British soldiers that were on guard. Five colonists were shot and killed during the incident. The colonists reacted with anger and used the massacre as propaganda against British rule. The seeds of revolution had been planted, and were now beginning to bloom...
- dead
- *pew pew*
- In response to the Boston Tea Party, the British government enforced harsh penalties onto the colonists as revenge for destroying the cargo. These penalties were collectively known to Americans as the Intolerable Acts. To many Americans, this was the straw that broke the camel's back. After the Intolerable Acts were passed, the revolution began. But the colonies still did not have their independence...
- it is time to revolt!
- The 2nd Continental Congress was the second meeting of the delegates in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. At this meeting, they made three important decisions - first, they drafted and ratified the Declaration of Independence; secondly, they drafted and ratified the Articles of Confederation, and thirdly, they made George Washington the General of the Continental Army. The colonists were ready to revolt against Britain and be their own country.
- independence, am i right?
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