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Sugar Act
On April 5, 1764, the British put a tax on sugar, wine, and other nessecary goods in the colonies. They taxed them because they wanted more money. The British also did this because they hoped to force the colonists to sell their goods to Britian. It made the colonists very upset from this. -
Committees of Correspondence
The Committees of Correspondence were the American colonies' first institution for maintaining communication with one another. They came together the decade before the Revolution. The first committee was in Boston. -
Stamp Act of 1765
This act, established on March 22, 1765, taxed every paper you printed. Ship's papers, legal documents, licenses, newspapers, other publications, and even playing cards were taxed. The actually tax wasn't that much. -
Sons of Liberty
In Boston, shopkeepers came together and formed The Loyal Nine. As their group grew, they became the Sons of Liberty. The first widely known acts were on March 14, 1765. -
Townshend Acts
The Townshend Acts were a series of four acts passed. They were passed bt the British Parliment. They named the Acts after Charles Townshend -
Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre was a street fight that happened on March 5, 1770. It was between a "patriot" mob, throwing snowballs, stones, and sticks, and a squad of British soldiers. 50 people were involved. -
Intolerable Acts
When the government spent huge ammounts of money on troops and equipment. They did this to hope to subjugate Massachusetts. British merchants had lost huge sums of money on looted, spoiled, and destroyed goods shipped to the colonies. -
Tea Act
The Tea Act was passed by Parliment on March 10, 1773. It was sparked the final part of a revolution. -
Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party was when a group of Massachusetts partiots dumped tea into the harbor. They threw 342 boxes of tea into the harbor. -
1st Continental Congress
The First Continental Congress net in Carpenter's Hall in Pliladelphia. Elected delegates made up the congress. All colonies except Georgia sent delegates. The colonies presented there were united in a determination to show a combined authority to Great Britain.
