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Angry confrontations betweencolonial protestors and British RedCoats became common as the coloniesmoved towards independence.
The Road toRevolution 1763–1776
The Road toRevolution 1763–1776
Section 1TighterBritishControl
Section 2ColonialResistanceGrows
Section 3The Road toLexingtonandConcord
Section 4DeclaringIndepen-dence
6CHAPTER
156 CHAPTER 6
1769Spanish begin toestablish military
posts and missionsin California.
1767Townshend
Acts arepassed.
1763Proclamation of1763 becomes law.
1763Treaty of Paris endsSeven Years’ War inEurope.
1763
1765Stamp Actis passed.
1765Chinese forcesinvade Burma.
1769Scotland’s James Watt patents a
steam engine capable ofrunning other machines.
The year is 1765. Your neighbors are enraged
by Britain’s demand that British troops be
housed in American cities at American
expense. Britain has never done this before.
There are protests in many cities. You have
to decide what you would do.
Would you jointhe protest?What Do You Think?• What is the best way to show opposition to
policies you consider unjust?
• Is there anything to be gained by protesting?Anything to be lost?
• Does government have the right to makedemands without consent of the people?Why or why not?
RESEARCH LINKSCLASSZONE.COM
Visit the Chapter 6 links for more informationabout the American Revolution.
Interact with History
The Road to Revolution 157
1774Intolerable Actsare passed; First
ContinentalCongress meets.
1773Boston Tea Party
1772Captain Cook explores
the South Pacific.
1774Reign of Louis XVI
begins in France.
1770Boston Massacre
1775Battles of Lexington
and Concord
1776Declaration of Independence
is signed.
1776
The bayonets, or blades, onthe soldiers’ gun were verydangerous in close combat.
The fife and drum corps played music tokeep soldiers at a steady march. Duringbattle, the drummers beat out orders andthe fifers carried messages and stretchers.
Taking Notes
Sequencing EventsSequencing means putting events in the order in which they happen in time. In learningabout how the American colonies moved toward independence, it would be helpful to listthe important events. Place them in the order in which they occurred. You might record theevent and its date in a graphic organizer such as the one below. Copy this organizer in yournotebook. Fill it in as you read the chapter.
See Skillbuilder Handbook, page R4.
What Do You Know?What do you already know about the time before the Revolution? What werethe issues that caused the colonists to choose independence?
Think About• what you have learned about this period from
movies, television, or historical fiction• reasons people in history have chosen to fight for
freedom from oppression• your responses to the Interact with History about
joining the protest (see page 157)
What Do You Want to Know?What questions do you have about the issues and events that pushed theAmerican colonists toward rebellion? Record them in your notebook before you
read the chapter.
Reading Strategy: Sequencing Events6
158 CHAPTER 6
First ContinentalCongress, 1774
Declaration of Independence, 1776
Intolerable Acts, 1774 Boston Tea Party, 1773
Battles of Lexington and Concord, 1775
Declaratory Act, 1766
Tea Act, 1773
Second ContinentalCongress, 1775
Boston Massacre, 1770
Townshend Acts, 1767
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Proclamation of 1763 Stamp Act, 1765