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although it reduced the tax on molasses the sugar act was strictly enforced so colonist ended up paying more taxes.
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those who opposed the British taxes called themselves patriots and the son of liberty was born with Sam Adams as its leader.
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following the french and Indian war Britain maintained a standing army in the colonies. the quartering act required colonial assemblies to house and provision soldiers.
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the stamp act was the tax on printed items was the first direct tax on the colonists. it added a fee to printed materials such as legal documents and newspapers
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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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the declatory act repealed the stamp act but asserted parliament's right to rule the colonies as saw fit.
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a group of colonist hurled snowballs and rocks at British soldiers guarding the customs house, the soldiers fired into the crowd, killing five colonists
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the tea act was created to save the east india tea company. although it lowered the price of tea, it gave the company a monopoly and threatened the business of colonial importers
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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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the intolerable act officially called the coercive acts these laws were meant to force Massachusetts to pay for the tea destroyed in the Boston tea party. the laws close Boston harbor and forced colonists to hose British soldiers in their homes.
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the first continental congress meets agree to boycott British goods
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second continental congress meets. congress names George Washington commander of continental army
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Patrick henry give his most famous speech in the house of burgesses give me liberty or give me death
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battles of Lexington and concord
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battle of bunker hill
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Thomas Paine publishes common sense
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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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France signs an alliance with the US
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general Clinton captures 3000 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 signed
