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Road to the Revolution
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The Sugar Act
-Made to decrease war funds from French and Indian war
-Goal to decrease smuggling in the colonies -
The Stamp Act
-tax on all printed goods
-this direct tax made colonist feel their rights were violated -
Stamp Act Congress
-made to protest the stamp act (1765)
-were the rebellion started
-sons of liberty and daughters of liberty -
Townshend Act
-replaced the stamp act
-taxed glass, paint, and tea
-tax was not used to help war debt, it was used to finance more troops in conlonies -
The tea Act
-to help British east India co. which was in danger of bankruptcy.
-Tax on tea
-American colonies are only allowed to buy from B.E.I.C.
-sons of liberty meet to react -
Boston tea party
-sons of liberty reaction to the tea act
- $1-3 million worth of tea lost
- Britain sees this as a threat to British gov.
-king George "reduces colonists to a state of dependency" -
The Intolerable Acts
Britain's response to the tea party
the Acts
- soldiers must stay in colonists homes
-the Boston port is closed
-British officers cannot be tried in American and must be tried in Britain
-all town gov. is illegal
-expand Quebec's boarders to block the colonies -
1st continetal congress
sons of liberty reaction to the intolerable acts
main topics- what are our rights? how can we protect them?
- a militia is formed to protect colonist from invaders
- members are to check customs houses to see if they are loyalists or patriots
-boycotts were arranged -
Lexington and Concord
-the brits' invade Boston looking for munitions
-British find nothing
-militias and a spy network stop soldiers from invading too far
-"shots heard around the world"
-273 British soldiers dead
-95 colonists dead
-victory for colonists -
2nd Continetal Congress
-meeting after Lexington and concord to talk independence or reconciliation
-leader of independence is John Adams
-leader of reunion is John Dickinson, who urges a petition
- a colonial army is organized with Washington as general
