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Stamp Act
This Act taxed all printed documents, postcards, letters, ect. The process the British took was a way to get some money the British desperately needed due to the wars in Europe. The colonists thought of this as the government was raising money without a say from the colonists, yet they are being taxed. The people wanted representation for the colonists and the British government wanted to control them. Constant Riots led to the repeal of the Stamp Act. -
Protest of the Stamp Act
Delegates from 9 of the 13 colonies met to protest the stamp act by creating legal documents and other commodoties. On 6 of the 9 delegates agreed to pass these documents. -
Committees of Correspondence Established
This group made text to be spread across the colonies of revolutionary news. This committee that was established, tried to spark the thought of independence by revolution. Sam Adams and other patriots started the committee. The colonists used British communication and this was the building blocks of the nation’s unity. -
Gaspee Affair
The Gaspee was a ship that was attacked by colonists do to a patrol that was very harsh led by Duddington of Narragansett Bay. John Brown and the SS men planned the attack. After all of this, Duddington brought the men to court. The court full of fed up colonists as a jury worked against Duddington. Instead of the colonists getting disciplined for their actions, the people turned the case on to Duddington. The court then won the court verdict and Duddington was charged for seizing goods. The kin -
Boston Tea Party
The boston tea party happened because of the British need to tax the colonists. The british needed the tax money because they had gone to war and needed the money to get out of debt. A few men in the boston are decided that instead of paying for the tea tax, they would dump all the tea into the harbor. -
First Continental Congress
The first continental Congress was gathered at the Carpenters Hall for the meetings. Everyone sent delegates except for Georgia. The point of these meetings was to make the king aware of the colonies problems when they came. The committee also planned to meet a year later if the grievances were not taken care of. -
Coercive Acts
This Act was known as the Intolerable Acts to the colonists. This Act sent troops to shut down the ports until the Boston Tea Party was paid for. Therefore, all of the tea dumped into the harbor must be paid for back to England. This act was made to restore order in Massachusetts. This led to the summoning of the First Continental Congress in September 1774. -
Quebec Act
This act was passed shortly after the coercive acts in 1774. The purpose of this was to try to get Quebec incorporated into the colonies. To the colonisgts, this was another intolerable act, and they would not stand for it. -
Battle of Lexington and Concord
In this event, the British sent 700 soldiers to destroy gun and ammo in Concord. Some other objectives the British had were to arrest Samuel Adams and John Hancock which were leaders of this patriotic rebellion. The colonists hid all the weapons quickly due to Paul Reveres’ ride giving them the signal. At the battle that came later, the first shots that were heard around the world came. (These were the first shots of the revolution). This was the starting point of the war, in which this one even -
Second Continental Congress
This meeting started with the battle of Lexingon and Concoard still fresh in the minds of the people that were attending it. This meeting took place in the state house of Phillidelphia. The English Militia was still encamped outside side of Boston trying to drive the British out. This militia was later chosen to represent the colonies -
George Washington Appointed General
George Washinton was unanimously selected commander in chief of the continental army -
Olive Branch Petition
The Olive Branch Petition was approved by the continental congress. This petition was sent to the king on July 8th of 1775. Submitted to the king to try to assert the rights the colonists thought they deserved. -
Proclamation of Suppressing Rebellion and Sedition
This proclamation was stated by King George III. The king fed up with all of the colonists rebellions stated that the king would severely punish anyone who made an attempt at open rebellion. This proclamation was made right after the Battle of Lexington and Concord. -
British pulled out of Virginia
General Washington led an attack on the British forces in York town Virginia. The british forces at the time were led by general Cornwallis. -
British Evacuate Boston
The british evacuated boston in 1776. Washington and his officers had a war council to decide what to do about the british that were laying siege to the boston harbor. They took elevated ground to prevent the british from firing. British had to board up their ships and flee to Nova Scotia. -
Paul Reveres’ Ride
Paul Revere a silversmith who was a very important person in the role of the revolution. Paul Revere hearing word of the British troops coming into Lexington and Concord made a midnight ride and told the towns to hide the weapons. Then, he went to Charles town to plan out the route the British would take. The next step of his plan became a very famous moment in American history. This statement said that there would be 1 light lighten for them coming by land and 2 by Sea. On April 18th he found -
declaration of independance
Drafted by Thomas Jefferson, this piece of work is one of the most cherished symbols of the U.S nation. The document is a symbol of liberty. The focus of this whole piece was to summarize the ideals of individual liberty. -
Writing of the Declaration of Independence
A committee in Philadelphia which had representatives from people all over the colonies made a vote to get independence from England. They decided to write a letter to the king saying they will do what is needed to get there independence. John Adams, Ben Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, Robert R. Livingston, and Roger Sherman were to make a draft of this document. The draft was voted to be created on July 2nd and released to public on July 4th, Independence Day.
