Ch.5 Lesson 3+4

Sugar Act

Apr 5, 1764

Indirect tax (out of sight = out of mind ) Duties on molasses and sugar .

Stamp Act

Mar 22, 1765

Purchased only with valuable silver coins if not purchased = fined or jailed . Protested Stamp Act , feeling rights were violated . Official stamp act/seal on all paper items (proof tax was paid) Legal documents , Licenses , News paper , Pamphlets , Playing cards .

Declaratory Act

1766

Parliament declares it has power to make laws for the Colonies " in all cases what so ever " . Parliament passes this to save face .

Townshend Acts

Jun 29, 1767

Taxes on glass, lead , paints , paper , and tea searched for smuggled goods . Sons of Liberty start to do violent acts .

Boston Massacure

Mar 5, 1770

Fights between troops and Bostonian were common .
March 5, 1770 soldier strikes colonists . Crowds gathers snow balls and insults more troops arrive '' fire if you dare ''

Tea Act

May 10, 1773

Passed in 1773 and allowed British East India Company (BEIC) to sell tea directly to colonists , Lower prices than colonist merchant prices , Tax Tea cheaper than smuggled Tea , Less smuggling = more tax money . Colonial Merchants feared BEIC would put them out of business

Boston Tea Party

Dec 16, 1773

Sol dumped 340 chests of tea caused problem for loyalist

Intolerable Act

Mar 31, 1774

Passed to punish Boston for Tea party Boston Harbor Closed until Tea paid for Massachusetts Charter cancelled . Royal officials had trial in Britain.

Quartering Act

May 15, 1774

Quartering Act required colonists to house Soldiers. if a soldier comes knocking on the door your sleeping on the floor .

First Continental Congress

Sep 5, 1774

All colonist but Georgia have representatives
voted to send a '' statement of grievances ''
voted to boycott all British trade
Patrick Henry-VA. rep. urged colonists to unite against
Britain

1,000 Red Coats

Apr 1, 1775

General Gage brings thousands of British soldiers to Boston with more on the way

Midnight Ride of paul Revere

Apr 18, 1775

Paul Revere rides to warn the sons of liberty in Lexington and concord that '' The British are coming the British are coming ''

Lexington and Concord

Apr 19, 1775

• Battle of Lexington- -1st battle of America Revolutionary War -" shot heard around the world '' - Ralph Waldo Emerson
• BRITISH Victory Battle of Concord
• Americans stop British and force them to retreat back to Boston
• AMERICAN Victory

Fort Ticonderoga

May 10, 1775

Benedict Arnold & Ethan capture the fort
- Get all supplies in the fort including cannons
- AMERICAN Victory

Second Continental Congress

May 10, 1775

• Print $$$$
• Set up post office
• Created Continental Army led by George Washington
• Sent Olive Branch asking King to protect their rights
• King hires 30,000 Hessian's Soldiers in response

Bunker Hill

Jun 16, 1775

-Fought on Breed's Hill
-" Don't fire until you see the whites of their
eyes'' - William Prescott
-BRITISH Victory ( Americans ran out of
ammunition ) British learn defeating Americans would NOT be easy

Common Sense

Jan 10, 1776

-Pamphlets inspire more colonist to become
patriots
- '' Everything that is right or reasonable pleads
for separation. The blood of slain , the
weeping voice of nature cries, ' TIS TIME
TO PART'' - Thomas Paine , Common Sense

British Surrender Boston

Mar 17, 1776

• Washington believes his army is ready & weapons arrive
• Washington puts cannons on Dorchester
  Heights overlooking Boston
• BRITISH retreat - AMERICAN Victory

2nd Continental Congress

Jun 15, 1776

• Debate on declaring independence
• Thomas Jefferson is the Primary author of the document

Votes for Independence

Jul 2, 1776

Declaration of Independence signed.

Jul 4, 1776

Washington arrives at Boston with Continental Troops

Jul 15, 1776

• Realizes men are disorganized & need discipline
• Need weapons