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stamp act
the stamp act was passed by Parliment to try and regain some money lost from the French and Indian war. Common everyday essentials had high taxes placed on them, and this was starting to cause a revolt amongst British citizens, especially in the colonies. -
Gaspee affair
Lieutenant Duddington of England was well known for captaining the ship called Gaspee. He would attack other ships and confinscate cargo, taking it for his own ship. Colonists became tired of this. They ambushed the Gaspee, wounding Duddington and his crew, and stranded them on Gaspee's point while they were forced to watch the Gaspee be plundered and burned. -
boston tea party
The East Indian Trading co. was now allowed to sell tea directly to colonists, cheaper than those smuggling it in from holland. However the Govenor of MA demanded that the colonists pay taxes anyways. A group of men calling themselves the Sons of Liberty went into the harbor at night, dressed as mowhawk indians. They boarded 3 ships, and dumped tea into the water. -
Coersive acts
The Coersive acts were a group of acts from the british that the colonists found intolerable. For example, the boston port act. This was an act written by the british to discontinue the trading, selling, and buying of goods from the Boston harbour. -
First Continental Congress
The first group of representatives from the colonies met together to discuss relevant issues with England. They met in Carpenter's Hall in Philidelphia. Every colony except georgia sent delegates. The goal of this group was to show a combined authority of people to the King. However, not every colony had the same goals to accomplish in these meetings. Some colonies wanted to "work things out" with England, others wanted to seperate rom England, and still some colonies had other ideas. -
Committees of Correspondence is established
Sam Adams wanted a way to spread the writings of Revolutionary activists to other colonies, to spread the word of the battles and show citizens exactly what was happening. By creating this correspondence, colonies had ways of accessing phamplets, books, essays, speeches, and news articles relating to the ongoing revolution. -
Paul Revere's Ride
Paul Revere was instructed to ride to Lexington, Massachusetts, to warn Sam Adams and John hancock that the British troops were coming to arrest them. He arrived and delivered the message, and then was joined by two other riders and went on to Concord. They were arrested by British troops shortly after. One rider escaped immediately. The second escaped shortly thereafter. After a while Paul Revere was released and without a horse, returned to Lexington. -
Battle of Lexington-Concord
This was the first alleged battle of the revolutionary war. The british decided to march out a portion of their troops to concord to confinscate the arms stored in the armory. Colonists met them in Lexington and attempted to stop the british. 18 americans were wounded and the british marched on, continuously being attacked by patriot minutemen along the way. -
second continental congress
this was the second gathering of colony representatives. They were much more organized this time. Together, they made the militia the Continental Army and elected George Washington and Commander in Cheif of the army. -
Battle of Bunker Hill
After the battle of Lexington-Concord, the british controlled the surrounding hills. Patriots heard that the British were going to attack bunker hill, so the militia set up on the hill. The patriots fought off 2 onslaughts from the british, but were forced to retreat on the third. -
Olive branch petition
The colonies wrote down issues and asked the British govt. to address them. King George III refused to accept the petition. -
Proclamation for Suppressing Rebellion and Sedition
After the battles of lexington and concord, the King declared that the colonists had openly rebelled against the king, making them elligible for severe punishment, as was custom for any British citizen who did not report knowledge of conspiracy or rebellion. -
Common Sense is published
Written by Thomas Paine, Common Sense was first anonomously published. It presented colonists with the idea of freedom from British rule. -
British Evacuate Boston
The british flled Boston. This was a great victory for the colonial patriots, as well as Washington's first victory -
Declaration of Independence
The thirteen colonies declare their independence from England
