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Sugar Act
In 1764 King George II set the Sugar Act. Since sugar is a main source in the Southern Colonies it started here. It taxed everything to import sugar and export it. They did this act because the British needed money because of the Indian attacks. So to help pay for the army they had to tax tea for the money. This was the First act to specically raise money for the colonies. -
Stamp Act
On March 22nd, 1765, Prime Minister Grenville in Virginia Prime Minister Greenville proposed the Stamp Act. This taxed many items such as legal documents, licenses, newspapers, pamphlets, and also some playing cards. All of these items were taxed. This event happened because the people wanted to some how raise money and by doing this they had to tax the colonists for these specific needs. -
Committees of Correspondence
The person that started this event was Samuel Adams. What this act did was it shared ideas and information about the new British Laws and always to challenge them. The event started in New York . The colonists thought this event would help because they thought their efforts would hurt the British economy and might convice the Parliament to end the new taxes. -
Sons of Liberty
On August 14, 1765, colonists of Boston formed a group to protest the Stamp Act that Prime Minister Greenville had formed. They formed this group to protest the Stamp Act. A famous man that formed the Committees of Correspondence Samuel Adams also helped form the Sons of Liberty. This group used diffrent ways to protest by violence and refusing the law. -
Townshend Act
In June of 1767 the Parliament passed the Townshend Act in Boston. This Act placed rights on glass, lead, paints, paper, and tea. The reason why the people wanted this act was because it allowed collectors to search for smuugled goods. But the colonists hated the new rules because it took power away from there colonial government and that would be bad for the government. -
Boston Massacre
On March 5, 1770 in Boston the Boston Massacre ocurred. It started with a crowd of people yelling insults at a British Soldier and the soldier struck him and people stared throwing things at the soldier now. Soon a bunch of soldiers showed up to the seen and pointed the guns at the colonists thatwere protesting. Then the soldiers fired into the crowd of colonists killing and injuring people. This is how they get the name the Boston Massacre. -
Tea Act
On April 27, 1773 the Parliament passed the Tea Act in Massachusett's. They did this because theythought that it would allow the British east India company to sell tea directly to the colonists. How they did this is by three ships landed in Boston to give them the tea. But the sons of Liberty demanded that the ships leave. This would lead to the Boston Tea Party. -
Boston Tea Party
On December 16, 1773 in Boston colonists diguised as Indians threw boxes filled with tea into the Boston Harbor. They did this because they were protesting against teh Tea Act and colonists began to grow angry and decided to throw tea into the Hrabor. This action would later lead into the Intolerable acts. -
1st Continental Congress
On September 5 1774 the first Continental Congress was set up. George Washington, Richard Lee, Patrick Henry, Benjamin Harrison, and Peyton Randolph being the president of the meeting. What this was to do for the colonies was to get a better realationship between the Britsh and the American Colonies. Why they did this is because the leaders believed the violence was going to grow between the the colonists of both areas.
