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Sugar Act
Indirect tax (out of sight = out of mind ) Duties on molasses and sugar . -
Stamp Act
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
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
Taxes on glass, lead , paints , paper , and tea searched for smuggled goods . Sons of Liberty start to do violent acts . -
Boston Massacure
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
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
Sol dumped 340 chests of tea caused problem for loyalist -
Intolerable Act
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
Quartering Act required colonists to house Soldiers. if a soldier comes knocking on the door your sleeping on the floor . -
First Continental Congress
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
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1,000 Red Coats
General Gage brings thousands of British soldiers to Boston with more on the way -
Midnight Ride of paul Revere
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
- 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
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Fort Ticonderoga
Benedict Arnold & Ethan capture the fort
- Get all supplies in the fort including cannons
- AMERICAN Victory -
Second Continental Congress
- 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
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Bunker Hill
-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
-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
- Washington believes his army is ready & weapons arrive
- Washington puts cannons on Dorchester
Heights overlooking Boston - BRITISH retreat - AMERICAN Victory
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2nd Continental Congress
- Debate on declaring independence
- Thomas Jefferson is the Primary author of the document
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Votes for Independence
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Declaration of Independence signed.
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Washington arrives at Boston with Continental Troops
- Realizes men are disorganized & need discipline
- Need weapons