Going into Independence AH

By lmcdonald@sd13.org

  • Writs or Assistance

    Writs or Assistance
    A document that allowed afficers to search colonists homes for any smuggled good. And it made the colonist very upset because someone is invadeing there space.

  • Sugar Act

    Sugar Act
    Parliament passed this law and it also let officers to seize goods from smugglers and officers won't go to court. Colonist alsoo belived that the new laws took away their rights and freedom as English citizens.

  • Stamp Act

    Stamp Act
    Taxed printed goods like,newspapers,wills, and playing cards and printed goods had to have a stamp. Parliment got in the way, and colonist had been taxed by things that had to get paid.

  • Townshed acts

    Townshed acts
    Britian taxed other goods such as glass, tea, and paper. Woman such as the "Daughters of Liberty" wanted Americans to wear homemade fabrics and produce differnt goods than Britians goods.

  • Boston Massacre

    Boston Massacre
    Townspeople moved toward the custom house and threw sticks and stones at British soldiers. Then the soldiers fired and shot 5 people. Crispus Attcks was a dockworker who was part African,Native American

  • Tea Act

    Tea Act
    Allowed companys sell tea to shopkeepers and bypass colonial merchants. "Daughters or Liberty" issued a pamphlet declaring that rather then part with freedom.

  • Boston Tea Party

    Boston Tea Party
    Men such as the "Som's of Liberty" dressed up as mohawks. They threw the British's tea overboard becasue they did'n want to pay the British taxes.

  • Coercive Acts

    Coercive Acts
    Did not allow tradeing and closed down the harbors

  • Continental Congress

    Continental Congress
    Delegates include some freat political leaders in America. They also began to tax the colonies by deciding to print money and then set up a post office. it helped make a committee and communicate with the Native Americans. It also helped make a bigger army to fight the British.

  • Second Continental Congress

    Second Continental Congress
    There was a convention for the 13 colnies of America

  • Declaration of Independence

    Declaration of Independence
    Had 4 main parts...
    1.People who wanted a new country should explain why.
    2.Listed some rights the colonist belived in.
    3.Colonist complants against Britian
    4.Declared that the American colonies should be a new nation!