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An order that forbade settlement west of the Appliachian Mountains
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The Sugar Act lowered taxes on molasses to hopefully encourage colonists to pay the taxes instead of smuggling
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Parliament passed this law to tax almost everything that was printed
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All past taxes were repealed and the Declaratory Act took its place. This act determined that it had all rights to tax and make decisions on the colonies.
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Another law placed by parliament that taxed any and all imports.
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An act of defense against the rebelling colonists that resulted in 5 colonists dead.
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Samuel Adams revived this group of colonists to once again protest against British Rule
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Yet another law passed by Parliament that removed some of the taxes on tea, and gave all of the tea market to the British East India Company
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The Boston Sons of Liberty dressed as indians threw over 300 crates of tea into the boston harbor as an act of civil disobedience
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The Coercive Acts were a series of laws to punish all settlers that disobeyed the British. One common law for the colonies was to have soldiers living among the colonists.
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55 delegates gathered in Philadelphia to set up a political body that would represent the colonists and rebel against British control.
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Paul Rever and William Dawes rode out to Lexington and Concord carrying word from Joseph Warren that the redcoats were on the move. However, these 2 were captured and another rider, Samual Prescott, carried on for the word to Concord.
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The redcoats fought against the minutemen of Lexington
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The 2nd Continental Congress met to decide whether to stay with Britain or secede, and how they should start governing the colonies. They also created the Continental Army with George Washington as the Commander.
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Thomas Paine published this pamphlet to encourage seperation from Britain
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The Decleration Independence was written on this day and the Colonies became the United States of America
