THEROADTOREVOLUTION(美国独立战争课件).pptVIP

INTRODUCTION The French and Indian War led swiftly and inevitably to a second war: the American Revolution, or the War for Independence. This war did not break out overnight. Relations between Britain and the colonies deteriorated in several slow, painful stages. INTRODUCTION A long series of events led to the start of the American Revolution. At the end of the French Indian War, King George III restricted colonist from moving west to prevent conflicts with Native Americans. To pay for the French Indian War the British parliament decided to tax the colonists including the Sugar Act, the Stamp Act, the Townsend Act and the Tea Tax. INTRODUCTION This led to the cry of Taxation without Representation. Finally, events such as the Boston Massacre and Boston Tea Party escalated the conflict into a revolution. Check out these videos to learn more about the events leading to the American Revolution. TIMELINE timeline 1763: Passage of Proclamation of 1763,setting aside lands between the 13 colonies and Mississippi River for Native Americans. 1764: Passage of Stamp Act. March 1765: Passage of Stamp Act. October 1765: Meeting of Stamp Act Congress in New York 1766: Repeal of Stamp Act; passage of Declaratory Act asserting total parliamentary authority. TIMELINE 1767: Passage of Townshend Acts. March 5,1770: Boston Massacre. December 16,1773: Boston Tea Party. 1774: Passage of Coercive/Intolerable Acts and Quebec Act. September 1774: First Continental Congress convenes in Philadelphia. October 1774: Congress sends Declaration and Resolves to Britain. KEY TERMS Boston massacre A riot in Boston between soldiers and colonists on March 5,1770 Boston tea party(波士顿倾茶事件） December 16,1773, raid on a cargo of tea on a merchant ship in Boston Harbor; Son of Liberty disguised as Native Americans destroy entire cargo by dumping it overboard Intolerable acts Four Acts of Parliament passed in early 1775 to punish Boston for the destructi