Road To The Revolution Dbq

Road to the Revolution6th periodBeautiful WilliamsParagraph #1 Introduction“Give me liberty or give me death”. The famous words from Patrick Henry. These words encouraged the patriots. It encouraged them to fight for their freedom and independence.

Another thing that caused the colonists to rebel was the Navigation act of 1660. This act prohibited the colonists to trade with anyone other than England. The Boston Massacre was another major problem colonists had with Great Britain. During the Boston Massacre british soldiers shot into a crowd of colonists. Five colonists were shot and killed.Paragraph #2 Navigation Acts of 1660The Navigation acts meant that colonist could only trade with England. The colonists were only allowed to use

The indians decided to keep fighting the british. This war was fought over the british expanding their colonies into land that belonged to the native americans. The british were in no condition to fight with the native americans. The british were low on supplies and their soldiers were in debt. They had to have an agreement to leave and get the colonists off the property of the native americans . The colonists did not to leave the plentiful land. The king of England was furious that the colonist were not obeying his orders.Paragraph #5 The Sugar act 1764 The Sugar act was a way for the british to tax colonist and get more money them. The british got money from the colonist to pay for war damage and protection from the native americans. Colonist suspected that they had no voice in parliament. Samuel Adams established the Committee of Correspondence in March 1773. This made communication better between colonies who disagreed with the british. This made the theme taxation without representation a common catchphrase in the colonies. Colonists were agitated since they presumed that they didn’t begin the battle with the french indians.Paragraph #6 The Stamp act 1765The Stamp act was put taxes on the colonist for the use of newspapers, licenses, and colonial paper. The act was passed by the british parliament on March 22, 1765. The act was an effort by England

This act was passed by the parliament of Great Britain. Which also accompanied the repealing of the stamp act. This stated that the parliament still had power over the colonists. Parliament taxed the colonists for revenue in the sugar act. This was a reason why the slogan taxation without representation was made. The colonist believed that they had freedom in america. The parliament of Great Britain believed their power to tax in america was the same as it is in britain.Paragraph #8 The Townsend actThe Townsend act is a list of acts passed by the parliament in 1767. The parliament of Great Britain passed the act to pay for the last war they had. This act was named after a man named Charles Townsend this man came up with the idea of this act. The Townsend act forced charges on tea,sugar,paper,and lead that were imported to the colonies. The colonists thought that britain was abusing the power of taxation. In 1770 the british parliament repeal the act on everything other than tea. Some colonists went against the parliament’s power and believed they had no right taxing them. Samuel Adams spoke for Massachusetts against parliament. A letter led to a series of non-importation agreements which reduced colonial imports from britain.Paragraph #9 The Boston Massacre 1770The