American Revolution Dbq

Road to the Revolution4th periodElise Williams
Paragraph #1: IntroductionHave you ever wondered what events lead to the American Revolution? Specific eventssuch as the Navigation Act of 1660, The French and Indian War, Pontiac’sRebellion/Proclamation of 1763, the Sugar Act, the Stamp Act, the Declaratory Act, theTownshend Act, the Boston Massacre, the Boston Tea Party, and finally the Intolerable Actshelped spark the American Revolution. The Navigation Act of 1660 is the first contribution tothe Revolution. These acts was the first contributions that sparked the American Revolution.Paragraph #2: Navigation Act of 1660The Navigation Act of 1660 was the first spark to the American Revolution. BritishParliament

On the other hand, Britain feels like they have lost hold on the colonies andthat they are uncontrollable at this point. Britain feels the colonies are incapable of making theirown laws or hearing their own court cases. The colonies were especially upset about Britainrepealing an act, the Stamp Act, just to declare a new act, the Declaratory Act. They felt that theBritish were too controlling and demanding. Later, the British will cross the line and place yetanother act, the Townshend Act, that makes the colonies finally “explode”.Paragraph #8; The Townshend ActThe Townshend Act is the seventh act made by Parliament that antagonized the colonists.The Townshend Act was passed in 1767. This act states that the colonists will now have to paytaxes on glass, lead, and paint. Because of not only the unfair taxation, but also because of thecolonists becoming poor, they begin to smuggle these items. In addition, the colonists werefurious with Britain because they continued to tax them on items that were necessary in thecolonies. On the plus side, because of the colonists’ uproar, the act was repealed. It wasrepealed in 1770 after the Boston Massacre, (next major event). Although the next event isn't anact of taxation, it greatly helped spark the American Revolution.Paragraph #9: Boston MassacreOn March 5, 1770, the Boston Massacre took place. Several colonists started taunting ayoung British soldier in town. This leads to many other citizens joining

The taunting continues until shots ring out. People scream and cry as womenand children hussle to help the wounded. Five colonists are dead, three are severely wounded.The soldiers and colonists go to court. Surprisingly, the British soldiers were found innocent andthe case is closed. The colonists are eneng more enraged. They have rebellious parades andgatherings to protest. Meanwhile, Britain is angry at the colonists, so to punish them, they keepthe Townshend act until the protests get extremely out of hand. The colonists continue to use theslogan “taxation without representation” frequently to show their anger for Britain. The nextevent, the Boston Tea Party, is also caused by unfair taxation.Paragraph #10: The Boston Tea PartyThe Boston Tea Party is also another act of rebellion. The Tea Act is passed, makingBritish tea cheaper than colonial tea. The tea is not ideal and the colonists want different tea.They are ordered to purchase tea from the British East India tea company only. If one thinksthey can't get any more angered, they are mistaken. They protest by dressing up as nativeamericans so they wouldn't be detected as colonists. They dumped about 320 crates of tea intothe ocean. There was so much tea dumped that the water was no longer blue; it was a murkybrown. The British were aggravated to the point that they passed another act. The consequencesfor the colonists are stating in the Intolerable acts to punish the colonists for their