"ON THE ROAD TO REVOLUTION" (Graphic Timeline) by MARILYN CARBAJAL MONROY https://padlet.com/10086810/u14e5thlegbfyqiw Made with whimsy en-us 2021-11-09 02:42:27 UTC 2025-01-25 08:53:42 UTC hello@padlet.com 1607 - Slave Trade 10086810 https://padlet.com/10086810/u14e5thlegbfyqiw/wish/1877010704 The Virginia Colony was founded in 1607 by John Smith and other colonists including John Rolfe backed by the London Company, at Jamestown. The Virginia Colony was classified as one of the Southern Colonies. The Province of Virginia was an English colony in North America that existed from 1607 until 1776

Virginia Colony ***. (2017). Landofthebrave.info. https://www.landofthebrave.info/virginia-colony.htm ]]> 2021-11-09 02:46:36 UTC https://padlet.com/10086810/u14e5thlegbfyqiw/wish/1877010704 1764 - Taxes, Laws, and More Taxes / Sugar Act 10086810 https://padlet.com/10086810/u14e5thlegbfyqiw/wish/1877037586  Parliament, desiring revenue from its North American colonies, passed the first law specifically aimed at raising colonial money for the Crown. The strict enforcement of the Sugar Act successfully reduced smuggling, but it greatly disrupted the economy of the American colonies by increasing the cost of many imported items, and reducing exports to non-British markets.
The Sugar Act and the Stamp Act were some of the laws that led to anger, resentment and ultimately revolution in Colonial America


The Sugar Act. (2019). Ushistory.org. https://www.ushistory.org/declaration/related/sugaract.html


]]> 2021-11-09 02:58:33 UTC https://padlet.com/10086810/u14e5thlegbfyqiw/wish/1877037586 1774 - Intolerable Acts. 10086810 https://padlet.com/10086810/u14e5thlegbfyqiw/wish/1877053358 The acts took away self-governance and rights that Massachusetts had enjoyed since its founding, triggering outrage and indignation in the Thirteen Colonies. They were key developments in the outbreak of the American Revolutionary War in April 1775.

Intolerable Acts | 1774, Definition, Summary, Significance, & Facts. (2021, October 19). Encyclopedia Britannica. https://www.britannica.com/event/Intolerable-Acts#:~:text=The%20four%20acts%20were%20

]]> 2021-11-09 03:06:20 UTC https://padlet.com/10086810/u14e5thlegbfyqiw/wish/1877053358 1774- Boston blockade 10086810 https://padlet.com/10086810/u14e5thlegbfyqiw/wish/1877054528 The British parliament passes the Boston Port Act.  They closed the port of Boston, forcing people to pay 1 million dollars in order to replace the tea lost during the Boston tea party. British ships blockaded Boston Harbor, punishing everyone who lived in Boston, both patriots and loyalists. This angered not only people in Boston but also people in other colonies who were afraid the British would do the same thing to them.


George Washington’s Mount Vernon. (2018). George Washington’s Mount Vernon; Mount Vernon. https://www.mountvernon.org/library/digitalhistory/digital-encyclopedia/article/the-coercive-intolerable-acts-of-1774/]]> 2021-11-09 03:06:56 UTC https://padlet.com/10086810/u14e5thlegbfyqiw/wish/1877054528 1754 - French and Indian War. 10086810 https://padlet.com/10086810/u14e5thlegbfyqiw/wish/1877406741 The war gave Great Britain a lot of territory in North America, and Britain became more active in the colonies. Due to the french and Indian war, the British ended in debt, they began to demand more from the colonies, making unfair taxes and difficult economic affairs.  This was the first direct tax that Britain had imposed on the colonists, and all this lead to the declaration of independence. 

Milestones: 1750–1775 - Office of the Historian. (n.d.). History.state.gov. https://history.state.gov/milestones/1750-1775/french-indian-war#:~:text=The%20French%20and%20Indian%20War%20began%20in%201754%20and%20ended]]> 2021-11-09 06:26:20 UTC https://padlet.com/10086810/u14e5thlegbfyqiw/wish/1877406741 1765 - Stamp Act 10086810 https://padlet.com/10086810/u14e5thlegbfyqiw/wish/1877415907 The Stamp Act of 1765 was  known as the first internal tax levied directly on American colonists by the British Parliament. But, taxation and representation raised by the Stamp Act strained relations with the colonies, and 10 years later, the colonists rose in armed rebellion against the British, which later led to the war for independence. 

https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/stamp-act-imposed-on-american-colonies#:~:text=The%20legislation%20levied%20a%20direct,of%20protest%20in%20the%20colonies]]> 2021-11-09 06:32:36 UTC https://padlet.com/10086810/u14e5thlegbfyqiw/wish/1877415907 1767 - Townshend Act 10086810 https://padlet.com/10086810/u14e5thlegbfyqiw/wish/1877420836 The Townshend Acts would use the revenue raised by the duties to pay the salaries of colonial governors and judges, ensuring the loyalty of America's governmental officials to the British Crown. Having no representation in Parliament, the American colonists saw the acts as an abuse of power. When the colonists resisted, Britain sent troops to collect the taxes, further heightening the tensions that led to the American Revolutionary War.

Editors, H. com. (2009, November 9). Townshend Acts. HISTORY. https://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/townshend-acts#:~:text=The%20Townshend%20Acts%20would%20use]]> 2021-11-09 06:35:40 UTC https://padlet.com/10086810/u14e5thlegbfyqiw/wish/1877420836 1770 - Boston Massacre 10086810 https://padlet.com/10086810/u14e5thlegbfyqiw/wish/1877431260 Colonist got tired of the way British people treated. The Boston Massacre helped spark the colonists' desire for American independence, while the dead rioters became martyrs for liberty.

Editors, H. com. (n.d.). Boston Massacre. HISTORY. https://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/boston-massacre#:~:text=The%20Boston%20Massacre%20had%20a]]> 2021-11-09 06:42:33 UTC https://padlet.com/10086810/u14e5thlegbfyqiw/wish/1877431260 1773 - Tea Act 10086810 https://padlet.com/10086810/u14e5thlegbfyqiw/wish/1877433667 It was the first significant act of defiance by American colonists. The Tea Act of 1773 was one of several measures imposed on the American colonists by the heavily indebted British government in the decade leading up to the American Revolutionary War.

History.com Editors. (2018, September 13). Boston Tea Party. HISTORY; A&E Television Networks. https://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/boston-tea-party
]]> 2021-11-09 06:44:09 UTC https://padlet.com/10086810/u14e5thlegbfyqiw/wish/1877433667 1775 - Lexington and Concord 10086810 https://padlet.com/10086810/u14e5thlegbfyqiw/wish/1878246641 On April 19, Minute Men and British troops met at Lexington, where a shot from a stray British gun lead to more British firing. The Americans only fired a few shots; several Americans were killed. The British marched on to Concord and destroyed some ammunition, but soon found the countryside swarming with the militia. The battles of Lexington and Concord raised hope and morale in Patriots, and served as a colonial victory. They were the first real battles and initial steps to the American Revolutionary War.

Battles of Lexington and Concord | National Army Museum. (2000). Nam.ac.uk. https://www.nam.ac.uk/explore/battle-lexington-and-concord

]]> 2021-11-09 13:38:51 UTC https://padlet.com/10086810/u14e5thlegbfyqiw/wish/1878246641 1776 - Publication of Common Sense (Thomas Payne) 10086810 https://padlet.com/10086810/u14e5thlegbfyqiw/wish/1878255280 Originally published anonymously, “Common Sense” advocated independence for the American colonies from Britain and is considered one of the most influential pamphlets in American history.
Thomas Paine Common Sense is an important part of history because he helped exemplify the significance of the British rule tyranny to the American colonies.

Editors, H. com. (n.d.-b). Thomas Paine publishes “Common Sense.” HISTORY. https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/thomas-paine-publishes-common-sense#:~:text=Credited%20with%20uniting%20average%20citizens
]]> 2021-11-09 13:41:30 UTC https://padlet.com/10086810/u14e5thlegbfyqiw/wish/1878255280 1773 - Protest in Boston 10086810 https://padlet.com/10086810/u14e5thlegbfyqiw/wish/1878324648 In 1773, on December 16, during a protest in Boston Massachusetts, settlers poured 324 boxes of tea into the water in Griffith Harbor. It was imported tea to protest the extra tax imposed on the tea by the British monarchy.

History.com Editors. (2018, September 13). Boston Tea Party. HISTORY; A&E Television Networks. https://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/boston-tea-party]]> 2021-11-09 14:01:59 UTC https://padlet.com/10086810/u14e5thlegbfyqiw/wish/1878324648 1789 - First Continental Congress. 10086810 https://padlet.com/10086810/u14e5thlegbfyqiw/wish/1878339544 The Continental Congress was ruled by 13 colonial governments. The delegates met to respond to the coercive behavior. The colonies opposed these new taxes, and they restricted them.

History.com Editors. (2019b, September 13). Continental Congress. HISTORY. https://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/the-continental-congress]]> 2021-11-09 14:06:34 UTC https://padlet.com/10086810/u14e5thlegbfyqiw/wish/1878339544