-
Period: to
Revoultion
-
Sugar act
The Sugar Act was passed by parliament on April 5, 1764. It was an indirect tax. The english had some losses from the sugar Act as the stricter enforcement made smuggling more dangerous and risky.
What it did was raise the price on sugar. And for tea and to make everything taste better that is a big deal. -
Stamp act
The stap act was a direct tax. The act made that many printed stuff in the colonies be produced on stamped paper made in London.
The stamp act is big becausee it was a direct tax on any every day items and stamped for proof -
Boston massacre
The Boston Massacre is also called the boston riot by the english. British redcoats killed five civilian men. This is a big deal because it made the British look bad because the coloniest where poop and defensless. -
Tea act
The Tea Act was an act of the parliament of great britain. The Idea was to throw out the massive amount of tea held by the king so he lost millions of dollors. Or a million dollors worth or tea. -
Boston tea party
It was a direct action by colonists in boston. East India Company that controlled all the tea imported into the colonies. A group of colonists boarded the ships and destroyed the tea by throwing it into boston harbor. -
Lexington and Conord
The Battle of Lexington and Concord was the first military act of the revolutionary war. The battles made the outbreak of open armed agruments between great britain and its 13 colonies of N.A. -
Delaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence was a statement used by the congress. Which told that the 13 American colonies then at war with great britain made them selfs as independent states, and wasnt part of the british no more.
