Unit 2: Road to Revolution

What were the Navigation Acts?

• Colonists could ONLY sell goods to England

• Colonists could ONLY travel by boat

• Colonists could ONLY work as a Navigator

• Colonists could ONLY settle West of the Appalachian Mountains

The French and Indian War was

• Between England and France to gain land

• Between France and Paris

• Very cheap and didn't raise taxes

• Very fast and had no impact

Proclamation of 1763

• Raised taxes on printed items

• Raised taxes on tea

• Made colonists sell their goods to England

• Stopped colonists from moving West of the Appalachian Mountains

The New England Colonies were

• New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island & Connecticut

• New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware

• Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina & Georgia

The Middle Colonies were

• Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina & Georgia

• New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island & Connecticut

• New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware

The Southern Colonies were

• New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island & Connecticut

• Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina & Georgia

• New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island & Connecticut

The Stamp Act

• Kept Colonists from settling West of the Appalachians

• Taxed all printed materials

• Taxed all tea

• Only taxed mail

The Townshend Acts

• Made colonists pay taxes on some exported goods

• Made colonists pay taxes on ALL exported goods

• Made colonists pay taxes on some imported goods

• Made colonists pay taxes on ALL imported goods

The Boston Massacre was

• When the Boston Celtics beat the Los Angeles Lakers

• When a group of British soldiers killed a group of colonists

• When the colonists killed a group of British soldiers

• When the colonist poured tea into the harbor in protest

The Tea Act

• Forced colonist and British tea merchants to pay a tax

• Forced ONLY colonist tea merchants to pay a tax

• Forced ONLY British tea merchants to pay a tax

• Did not add a tax to tea