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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

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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?

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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

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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