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the sugar act
the king decided to raise tax the colonies goods well known as suger,coffe,indigo and certain wine -
THE STAMP ACT
a man named George Grenville,britains prime minister/leader of the goverment he had yet figured his country needed money decided to tax the colonists for stamps it wasent fair -
townshend acts
later then the figured that taxing their stamps did not work as planned in 1766 the had brought an end to thee stamp acts the colonies were rejoiced but the british still needed money they thought they had the right to tax the colonists even if patrick henry or samuel adams said NO charles townshend the treaserer agreedthen they begun to tax their imported goods british thought and believed the colonies would agree and see whos boss -
boston massacre
also known as the boston riot
happened on march the 5th 1770 -
BOSTON TEA PARTY
december.16,1773
officals did not want to ship back taxed tea a group of nearly of 200 people went out and dumped the tea -
first continental congress
met in the carpenters hall in philadelphia
days sep.5-oct.26,1774
thee men in thy group were
george washinton
richard henry lee
patrick henery
edmund pendleton
colo benjamin harrison
richard bland
and leader:
peyton randolph -
battle of lexington
a few troops were sent to concord to capture john hancock and samuel adams they were warned by paul revere -
battle of concord
when the lobster backs started to had back the minutemen attacked them and made them go back to boston
