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Pre Revolutionary War
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Sugar Act
The English Parliament passed the Sugar Act in the 13 Colonies. The Sugar Act was duties or taxes set on molasses and sugar, imported by colonists. It was also known as the American Revenue Act or American Duties Act. It was passeed to raise money in the colonies. It was the first act passed to specifically do so. -
Committees of Correspondence
Colonists from the 13 colonies banded together to create the Committees of Correspondence. The Committees of Correspondence memebers shared ideas and information about the new British laws and ways to change them. A popular way was boycotting. The Committees of Correspondence was created because people thought English parliament was being unjust. -
Stamp Act of 1765
The English Parliament enforced the Stamp Act in the 13 Colonies. The Stamp Act required colonists to pay for an official stamp, or seal, when they bought paper items, such as legal documents, licenses, newspapes pamplets, and even playing cards. People who refused, could be sent to prison or fined. the Stamp Act was passed to pay for troops in the colonies after Britain's win in The Seven Years' War. -
Sons of Liberty
The Sons of Liberty were an organization American patriots that orginated from the 13 colonies. It was formed to protect the rights of colonists. they were best known for undertaking the Boston Tea Party. -
Townshend Act
The Townshend Act was passed by British Parliament on the 13 colonies. The Townshend Act passed duties on glass, lead, paints, paper, and tea. To enforce this act, British officials used Writs of Assistance, this allowed tax collectors to search for smuggled goods. Colonists boycotted many British goods because of this. -
Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre occured in Boston and was between colonists and British Soldiers. It started when a British Soldier that was standing guard, engaged in an argument with a colonist and srtuck him. A crowd gathered around them and started throwinf snowballs at the British Soldier. Soon troops arrived, and the colonists were getting louder and angrier by the minute. Some of the crowd shouted shoot if you dare and shots were soon fired after that. British soldiers killed 5 civilians. -
Tea Act
The Tea Act was passed by the English Parliament and affected the 13 Colonies. The Tea Act allowed the British East India Company to sell tea directly to the colonists. The Tea Act was passed to get settlers to stop smuggling tea and if they started buying the new tea, they would have to pay British taxes which makes Britain more money. -
Boston Tea Party
Colonists that were disguised as Indians snuck onto to three ships that held tea and dumped over 340 tea chests into the Boston Harbor. This night was called the Boston Tea Party. This occured because many colonial merchants feared they would be out of buisness from the Tea Act. -
Intolerable Acts
The English Parliament passed the Coercive Acts on the 13 colonies. The colonists liked to call them the Intolerable Acts. The Intolerable Acts were basically punishments placed on mostly Boston for the Boston Tea Party. One of the punishments was the Quartering Act which required colonists to house British Soldiers. The British hoped these rules would bring order back to the colonies, but it just increased the colonists' anger at Britain. -
First Continental Congress
The First Continental Congress was a gathering of colonial leaders who were deeply troubled about the relantionship between Great Britain and its colonies in America. Every colony, except Georgia, sent a represntative. At the meeting they drafted the Delaration of Rights which was to be presnted to King George III. The First Continental Congress was formed because colonists felt the closing of the Boston Harbor was the drawing line of many abuses from Britain.
