Lesson 16 Road to Revolution
Chapter 9 Section 3
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ESSENTIAL QUESTION: How did war and England’s new colonial policy push the colonists toward revolution?
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1754
EVENT
DESCRIPTION
CONSEQUENCES
French and Indian War
begins.
British troops and American colonists fight French and
Indians for control of land.
Fighting spreads from colonial America to Europe and India,
making this the first “world war.”
1763
Treaty of Paris
England wins, gains French territory in Canada and west
to the Mississippi River. Peace treaties with Indians.
Temporary celebration of colonial ties to Britain; short-lived
as Britain imposes imperialism on American colonies.
1764
British soldiers arrive
in colonies.
10,000 Redcoats come to “protect” colonies. Americans
fear soldiers intend to enforce unpopular laws
Britain taxes colonists to pay for war and imperialism.
1764
Sugar Act
Tax on luxury items such as wine and silk; doubles the
tax on molasses.
Colonists smuggle molasses in from West Indies. King gives
tax collectors permission to search for smuggled items.
1765
Quartering Act
Law required colonists to feed and shelter British troops
stationed in the colonies.
Troops generally centered in port cities. NC not heavily
affected by this Act.
1765
Stamp Act
Stamp Act taxed paper products such as playing cards,
legal documents, newspapers, and pamphlets.
Colonists protest taxation without representation.
1765
Stamp Act Congress
called.
Mobs rioted in the streets and looted the home of the
royal governor and the stamp agent.
Sons of Liberty formed.
1767
Townsend Acts
Enforced collection of duties and taxes on tea, glass,
paint, and lead.
Colonists organize boycotts.
1769
Non-Importation
Association created.
Colonists agree to boycott or refuse to buy British
goods. NC joins Non-Importation Association.
Boycotts are successful; British merchants demand
Parliament repeal taxes.
1770
Boston Massacre
Colonists insult guards. In the riotous confusion that
followed, five colonists are shot.
Sons of Liberty protest; Britain tries soldiers. Only one
soldier is punished.
1773
Tea Act
Tea prices are lowered, but a tax is added. Bostonians
boycott tea. British ships blockade harbor.
Boston Tea Party. Tea is boycotted.
1774
Intolerable Acts
Britain seals off Boston Harbor, appoints a new royal
governor, places Boston under military law.
Colonies support Boston by shipping supplies overland to
avoid blockade.
1774
Colonies organize
Continental Congress.
Governor tries to keep NC from attending. NC holds
Provincial Congress.
Governor Martin flees for his life in 1775.