• H British continue on to Concord
• I Met by several thousand Minute men near Concord
• J British are defeated and turned back by the Patriots
• ​They retreat all the way back to Boston
  
• K Lexington and Concord were the first battles of the Revolutionary War
  

• E British Soldiers marching toward Concord arrive at Lexington
• F A few dozen Minute Men (patriot militia) have to path blocked
• G ​Shot heard round the world
  

• C Patriots ride out to warn of the approaching British
  
• D Paul Revere, William Dawes, and Wentworth Cheswell

XVIII Lexington and Concord

• A ​England finds out about the militia and supplies
• B Send soldiers to confiscate weapons and capture rebel leaders​​

XVII First Continental Congress

• ​In response to the Intolerable Acts 12 of 13 colonies sent delegates to Philadelphia
• Unite together to support MA
  
• ​A Boycott all British goods throughout all colonies
  
• B Start building a militia, training soldiers gathering supplies
  
• Vote against independence at this time
  

XVI Intolerable Acts

• ​A England punishes the colonists for BTP
• B Acts shut down Boston Harbor to all travel
  
• C Eliminate MA self-government
  
• D Gives troops free reign to do as they please in MA

XV Boston Tea Party Dec 1773

• ​Boston Harbor
• A Sons of Liberty dress as Natives
  
• Board ships hauling British Tea
  
• B Dump tea in to the harbor to destroy it
  
• ​Treat ship and it's crew respectfully
  

XIV Tea Act 1773

• ​A Regulated who could sell tea in the colonies
• B Placed a high tax on the tea
  

XIII Propaganda

• ​Information, idea, rumors, etc... That purposefully mislead the audience to support a cause.
• A Mercy Otis Warren was a famous patriot propaganda writer
  
• She wrote articles that made the British look bad and the patriots look like victims
  
• B Mercy Otis Warren also is famous for writing the first history of the Revolutionary War.

XI Patriots and Loyalists

• ​A dividing line starts to develop
• Patriots are Anti-British government, for independence 1/3rd (militant revolutionaries 3%)
  
• A Loyalists (Tories) support the king, just want to pay taxes, oppose Declaration of Independence
  
• B 1/3rd
  
• Neutral just want to stay out of it 1/3rd
  

XII Boston Massacre 1770

• ​A Colonial Protestors shot by British troops
• B Rowdy violent crowd attacks British soldiers
  
• C Soldiers fight back
  
• D Crispus Attucks famous for being first person killed
  
• E Soldiers charged with murder
  
• F Lots of Propaganda and patriot support after this
  
• G John Adams defense lawyer for soldiers

X Colonial Reaction

• ​A Boycott the taxed goods
• ​B Develop protest groups like the Sons of Liberty
  
• C "No Taxation without representation"​
• D Sam Adams leader of Boston Sons of Liberty
  

IX Writs of Assistance 1767

• ​A Gave British soldiers to search homes and businesses for smuggled goods
• B ​A power that was abused to intimidateand punish colonists
  

VIII Townshend Acts 1767

• ​A Taxes on glass, paper, paint, lead, and tea

• ​England is surprised by Colonial boycott
• Repeals Stamp Act
  
• ​Colonists feel like they won
  
• ​But England is just getting started
  

• ​C COLONIAL REACTION
  
• D Colonists complain
• ​E Hold Stamp Act Congress
  
• ​F Decide to boycott all British goods with the stamp
  

VII Stamp Act 1765

• ​A Colonists had to pay a tax and get a stamp on paper goods
• ​B Included contracts, wills, newspapers, books, cards
  
• ​Stamp intended to deter smuggling
  

• ​C COLONIAL REACTION
  
• D Colonists complain
• E Buy sugar from Smugglers

VI Sugar Act 1764

• A ​Tax on Sugar and molasses
• B ​Raising money to repay financing French and Indian War
  

• ​C COLONIAL REACTION
  
• D Colonists complain
• Do the minimum possible
  
• E Bread, water, tent
  
• F Colonists refuse alltogther
  

• ​Colonists started the French and Indian War 
• Which led to the Proclamation of 1763
  

• ​Colonists ignored the Proclamation of 1763
• Which led to the Quartering Act
  

V Quartering Act

• ​A Troops were stationed in the colonies to enforce the Proclamation of 1763
• B ​Colonists had to provide room and board

Road to Revolution

• ​KG3 tells colonists it's for their own good, to protect them from retaliation by angry natives that lost the war
• Colonists feel like they are being punished (because they are)
  

IV Proclamation of 1763

• ​A Told colonists to stay on their side of the App Mntns
• Colonists wanted to go into new land they got mad​

III England is Upset

• ​Colonists started war without permission
• A War cost a lot of $
  
• B KG3 wants to show colonies he is in control
  

II After the War

• France surrenders land claims in NA
• A England controls all land East of the MS River
  
• ​Spain controls land West of MS River
  

• ​G The war ends with the Treaty of Paris 1763

• D England has to send troops or lose colonies to France​

• ​E France allies with Natives
• F ​Natives use guerrilla tactics against British troops

• C France starts whooping colonists​​

French and Indian War

I French and Indian War

• ​A 1754-1763
• B Colonists settle in French territory across App Mntns​

Road to Revolution