Road to Revolution – Graphic Organizer/Focus Questions
Proclamation of 1763 – Cause/Effect
Why was it necessary to keep whites
& Indians apart?
What conflict caused Parliament to
pass this law?
Where are the boundaries located?
Why would Americans be upset at
this?
Sugar Act of 1764 – Cause/effect
Who proposed the Sugar Act?
Why was sugar being taxed?
Who had to pay the tax/who was
affected?
Stamp Act of 1765 – Cause/effect
Why did Parliament increase taxes on
America?
How was the tax issued?
How did Americans protest against
this?
Townshend Acts of 1767 –
cause/effect
Why did the Parliament pass these
taxes?
How and why did the colonists
protest?
Significance
How/why did Americans ignore this
law?
Why did Americans want to settle the
western lands?
Significance
How did some Americans avoid paying
this tax?
How did the British gov’t ensure
Americans paid this tax?
How much was the tax per gallon?
Significance
How is it a direct tax?
What items were being taxed?
Why did the Parliament remove the
Stamp taxes?
Significance
What items were being taxed?
Why did they remove all taxes except
tea?
Why are they called the “Townshend
Acts”?
Quartering Act of 1767 – cause/effect
Why did England need to send more
troops to America?
Why would troops need to be placed
in colonists’ homes?
Significance
What problems did having more
troops in America cause?
What did the law really say?
Tea Act of 1773 – Cause/effect
Why did Parliament tax all tea except
that from the East India Co.?
Why did the East India Co. need help?
What event did this lead to?
Boston Tea Party – Cause/effect
Why did the tea party take place?
What did Parliament do in response to
the “Tea Party”?
Significance
What did having cheap tea do to the
other tea merchants in America?
Intolerable Acts of 1774
Why were these acts passed?
What were the laws?
Why would Americans call them
“intolerable”?
Significance
Who participated in the Tea Party?
Why and how were they dressed?
What message were the protesters
trying to send to Parliament?
Significance
How do these laws punish Boston?
Why would people want to push for
independence over these laws?
How do these laws hurt American
rights?
Other information
Boston Massacre of 1770 –
cause/effect
How did the massacre begin?
Why are there so many soldiers in
Boston?
What happened after the massacre?
Why did Americans begin to collect
weapons?
Battle of Lexington/Concord – 1775
Cause/effect
Why were the troops going out into
the MA countryside?
Why is Revere remembered over the
other alarm riders?
Describe the battle.
Why was the journey back to Boston
so costly for the British troops?
Significance
Why do the colonists not trust the
British troops anymore?
Significance
Why did the British attack the
Americans at Breed’s Hill?
Describe the battle and the outcome.
What did the 1st Continental Congress
decide upon due to the events at
Lexington/Concord and Breed’s Hill?