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Indirect tax on sugar products
Designed to help payoff debt from French & Indian War
Stamp Act, Townshend Acts, Quartering Act added later -
5 American killed by British Soldiers' open fire
Truth unclear what really happened
Causes Britain to back off for a while -
Tax on tea
British East India Co. facing bankruptcy
Monopoly
Sons of Liberty assemble to react
Causes Boston Tea Party -
In response to Tea Act
$1-$3 million in damage
340 crates of tea dumped in Boston Harbor
Outrages King George III -
Series of acts designed to punish those directly involved in the Boston Tea Party
Closes Boston Port, shuts down government in MA, sends charged British soldiers to Britain for trial, quarter troops 1:1 ratio, takes away land
Isolates Boston -
Result of Intolerable Acts
Discussed rights and how to protect them
Committees of Correspondence -
Militia forming in MA
Seize leaders and munitions
American Spy Network - Paul Revere
King George reacts immediately; poor plan for GB
Morale boost for Americans; 3:1 death ration -
Not all believe in independence
New faces: Franklin, Hancock, Jefferson
Debate reconciliation or independence
Olive Branch Petition -
Asks Britain to cease fire in Boston, repeal Acts, refine colonial rights
Radials and Adams angry
King George sees it as joke
Declares colonies in state of rebellion -
Written by Thomas Jefferson
Expresses American mind, rights, justification
Passes July 4, 1776
Marks beginning of Revolution