Journey to independence

By kanderson03

  • April 5th

    Although it reduced the tax on molasses, The Sugar Act was strictly enforced, so colonist ended up paying for more taxes
  • April

    April

    Those who opposed the British taxes called themselves "Patriots" and the Sons of Liberty was born with Sam Adams as its leader

  • Stamp Act

    Tax on printed items, first direct tax on the colonists, added a fee to printed materials such as legal documents and newspapers

  • Quartering Act

    required colonial assembles to house and provision soldiers.

  • Aug. 13th

    A Mob led by the Sons of Liberty tore down the office and damaged the house of the stamp collector.

  • Declaratory Act

    Repealed the Stamp Act but asserted Parliament's right to rule the colonies as saw fit.

  • Import taxes

    Import taxes on a variety of goods were collected to support royal officials in the colonies, removing the responsibility from the colonial assemblies. The Townsend Acts were so unpopular that all the taxes were repealed, except the one on tea.

  • March 5th, 1770

    A group of colonist hurled snowballs and rocks at British soldiers guarding the Customs House. The soldiers fired into the crowd, killing five colonists.

  • Tea Act

    The Tea Act was created to save the East India Tea Company. Although it lowered the price of tea, it gave the company a monopoly and threatened the business of colonial importers.

  • Boston Tea Party

    Boston Patriots dressed as Indians, boarded three British ships laden with tea and Dumped the tea into the harbor.

  • Coercive Acts

    he Intolerable Act officially called the Coercive Acts, these laws were meant to force Massachusetts to pay for the tea destroyed in the Boston Tea Party. The laws closed Boston Harbor and forced colonists to house British soldiers in their homes.

  • Sept. 5th, 1774

    The First Continental Congress meets. Agree to boycott British goods.

  • Patrick Henry speech

    Patrick Henry, gives his most famous speech, in the House of Burgesses. “Give me Liberty or give me Death”

  • July 1775

    Congress sends an “Olive Branch” to King George III. He rejected the petition and sent more troops to Boston.

  • Battles of Lexington and Concord

  • 2nd Continental Congress meets

    Congress names George Washington commander of Continental Army

  • Battle of Bunker Hill

  • Thomas Paine publishes Common Sense

  • Declaration of Independence is published

    Drafted by Thomas Jefferson
  • Period: to

    winter

    Baron Von Steuben trains the Continental Army at Valley Forge, Penn.

  • Patriots win Saratoga

  • Feb. 6th 1778

    France signs an alliance with United States

  • May

    General Clinton captures 3000 Patriot soldiers as he takes Charleston, South Carolina.

  • General Cornwallis surrenders at Yorktown.

  • Treaty of Paris signed