Timeline: Ch.5 Lesson 3+4

Apr 5, 1764

Sugar Act

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

Mar 22, 1765

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 .

1766

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 .

Jun 29, 1767

Townshend Acts

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

Mar 5, 1770

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 ''

May 10, 1773

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

Dec 16, 1773

Boston Tea Party

Sol dumped 340 chests of tea caused problem for loyalist

Mar 31, 1774

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.

May 15, 1774

Quartering Act

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

Sep 5, 1774

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
Britain

Apr 1, 1775

1,000 Red Coats

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

Apr 18, 1775

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 ''

Apr 19, 1775

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

May 10, 1775

Fort Ticonderoga

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

May 10, 1775

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

Jun 16, 1775

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

Jan 10, 1776

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