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Sugar Act
The Indirect tax on Molasses and Sugar was not well received by the Colonist -
Stamp act
You could only get it with silver coins and if you didn't purchased you could get fined or jail. -
Declaratory act
Parliament has the power to make new laws almost anytime they want. -
Townshend act
The British put tax on glass, led, paints, paper, and tea. -
Boston massacre
It was a riot between the redcoats and the colonists -
Tea act
This allowed the BEIC to sell the tea directly to the colonists. -
Boston tea party
The members of the sons of liberty dumped over 340 chests of tea into the Boston harbor. -
Intolerable act
They punished Boston for the tea party -
first continental congress
They voted to send a "statement of grievances" and also voted to boycott all British trade. -
1000's of redcoats in Boston
General Gage brings thousands of British soldiers to Boston with more on the way -
midnight ride of Paul revere
Paul revere rides to warn the sons of liberty in Lexington and concord that the “British are coming… the British are coming…” -
Battle of Lexington and Concord
The battle of Lexington was the first battle of the American revolutionary war, and the British won that war. The battle of Concord was where the Americans stop British and force them to retreat back to Boston, and America won. -
Fort Ticonderoga
Benedict Arnold and Ethan Allen capture the fort and get all the supplies in the fort including cannons -
battle of bunker hill
They fought of breed's hill, “Don’t fire until you see the whites of their eyes” -William Prescott
British victory (Americans ran out of ammunition) British learn defeating Americans would NOT be easy -
second continental congress meet
Created continental army led by George Washington,
Sent an olive branch asking the king to protect their rights,
King hires 30,000 hessian soldiers in response -
Washington arrives at Boston with Continental Troops
Realized men are disorganized and need discipline and
Need weapons -
British surrender Boston
Washington believes his army is ready and weapons arrive
Washington puts cannons on dorchester heights overlooking boston -
common sense
The pamphlet inspires more colonists to become patriots
“Everything that is right or reasonable pleads for separation. The blood of the slain, the weeping voice of nature cries, ‘TIS TIME TO PART” - Thomas Paine, common sense -
votes for independence
The second continental congress votes for independence -
declaration of independence signed
The declaration of independence was signed on July 4th, 1776 -
2nd continental congress
The debate on declaring independence and Thomas Jefferson is the primary author of the document