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-Tax law that required colonists to purchase special stamps to prove payment of tax.
-Colonists harassed stamp distributors
-Boycotted goods
-Prepared a Declaration of Rights and Grievances -
-Bounded the colonies to Parliament "in all cases whatsoever," affirming Parliament's complete authority over them.
-Colonists wanted some self-government, Parliament would not grant which angered the colonists. -
-Congress in New York City with twenty seven delegates that represented nine colonies.
-Drew up a statement of rights and grievances urging Parliament to repeal the Stamp Act
-Was ignored by the British, had little effect in colonies, but step toward colonial unity -
-Britain taxed certain colonial imports and troops at major colonial ports to protect officers
-Protests "taxation without representation" organized a new boycott of imported goods
- Started smuggling tea which increased the amount of smuggling -
-Revenue from the taxes from the Townshend Acts was low due to non importation agreements
-Prime Minister Lord North persuaded Parliament to repeal them all, save for the tax on tea
-Angered the colonists the most, to remind them of Parliamentary taxation. -
-Sixty colonists taunted ten redcoats, clubbing them and throwing rocks and snowballs, provoking them to open fire.
-Eleven "innocent" colonists were killed, including Crispus Attucks, the leader of the mob and a runaway "mulatto" slave.
-This incident was used in revolutionary propaganda and fueled the colonists' anger. -
-American colonists dumped 342 chests of tea into Boston Harbor
-Rallied American patriots across the 13 colonies to fight for independence.
-Britain had to reimburse British East India Company for the lost tea
-British government lose tax revenue if bankrupt
-Gave British India Company monopoly of American tea trade. Tea cheap, even with tax. -
Parliament passed acts to punish Massachusetts colonists for their defiance in the Tea Party protest
-Boston Port Act- closed Boston harbor to trade until damages paid, order assured
-Administration of Justice Act- British officials who committed misdemeanors tried in England
-Massachusetts Government Act- many charter rights revoked, restrictions on town meetings
-Colonists were angered even more -
-Tensions had been building for years between the residents of the 13 American colonies and the British authorities
-Hundreds of British troops marched from Boston to nearby Concord in order to seize an arms cache.
-British retreated in Lexington under heavy fire
-1783 the colonists formally won their independence. -
-British defeated the Americans at the Battle of Bunker Hill in Massachusetts.
-Despite their loss, the battle provided them with an important confidence boost.
-Most of the fighting occurred on nearby Breed’s Hill. -
-Best-seller, published in January 1776 in Philadelphia, nearly 120,000 copies were in circulation by April.
-Challenged the authority of the British government and the royal monarchy.
-Called for independence and the formation of a republic- a government with authority derived from the people. -
-Statement adopted by the Second Continental Congress meeting at the Pennsylvania State House in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on July 4, 1776.
-Stated that the thirteen independent sovereign states, no longer under British rule.
-The new states took a collective first step toward forming the United States of America. -
-Plan of government organization that served as a bridge between the initial government by the Continental Congress and the federal government
-Adopted by the congress on November 15, 1777.
-The articles were not fully ratified by the states until March 1, 1781. -
-Lord Cornwallis entered Virginia to join other British forces there, setting up a base at Yorktown.
-Washington’s army and a force under the French Count de Rochambeau placed Yorktown under siege.
-Cornwallis surrendered his army of more than 7,000 men on October 19, 1781. -
-Signed in Paris by representatives of King George III of Great Britain and representatives of the United States of America.
-Agreement recognized U.S. independence and granted the U.S. significant western territory.
-Officially ended the American Revolutionary War
