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Although it reduced tax on molasses, it was strictly enforced so colonists ended up paying more taxes
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Sam Adams created the Sons of Liberty to repel British Law.
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Increased tax on printed materials such as legal documents and newspapers.
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Required colonial assemblies to house and provision soldiers.
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A mob led by the Sons of Liberty tore down the office and damaged the house of the stamp collector
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Repealed the Stamp Act but asserted Parliament's right to rule the colonies as saw fit
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Imported taxes on a variety of goods. They were so unpopular, they were immediately repelled except for tea.
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A group of colonists hurled snowballs and rocks at British soldiers. The soldiers fired into the crowd, killing five colonists
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Tea Act was created to save the East India Tea Company.
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Boston Patriots dressed as Indians, boarded three British ships laden with tea and dumped the tea into the harbor
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Forced Massachusetts to pay for the tea destroyed in the Boston Tea Party. The law also closed Boston Harbor and forced colonists to house British soldiers in their homes.
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The first meet agreeing to boycott British goods
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King George III rejected the Olive Branch and sent more troops to Boston
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Patrick Henry gives his most famous speech in the House of Burgesses
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Congress names George Washington commander of Continental Army
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Thomas Paine publishes "Common Sense" to keep colonists' moral higher
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Drafted by Thomas Jefferson, the Declaration of Independence was approved.
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Patriots win in Saratoga
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Baron Von Steuben trains the Continental army
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France signs an alliance with United States
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General Clinton captures 3,000 Patriot soldiers as he takes Charleston, South Carolina
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General Cornwallis surrenders at Yorktown
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The Treaty of Paris is signed
