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Stamp Act
Stamp ActThe Stamp Act was passed by the British Parliament. This law required newspapers, documents, and materials to be printed on stamped paper. The stamp showed a tax was paid. http://www.history.org/history/teaching/tchcrsta.cfm -
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Stamp Act, Stamp Act Repealed, Boston Tea Party, Boston Tea Trade Intolerable Acts Lexinton & Concord Debate Over Independance, Common Sense, and Declaration of Independance
1765- Tensions between British and Colonists
1766- Colonists boycotted British goods
1770- Boston Massacre
1773- Boston Tea Party
1775- battle of Lexington & Concord
1766- Thomas' best seller Common Sense
1776- Declaration of Independance -
Stamp Act Repealed
The Stamp Act was repealed because colonists boycotted British goods. After that the colonists rejoiced because they thaught they had revenge on the British. http://www.history.org/history/teaching/tchcrsta.cfm -
Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre all started when colonists didn't elect representatives to the British Parliment. One night in 1770 the Boston Massacre broke out killing at least five colonists who were unarmed. http://www.bostonmassacre.net/ -
Boston Tea Party
After the slogan "No Taxation without Representaion" was said and done the colonists got angry and started calling themselves Patriots. http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h640.html -
Boston Tea Trade
The colonists were unhappy about the Boston Tea Trade, so they decided to invade the Britishis ships and dump 342 chests of tea overboad knowing it was going to cost the British thousands of dollars to get back. http://www.boston-tea-party.org/ -
Intolerable Acts
Intolerable ActsIn response, the British came up with Intolerable Acts. One of the acts closed Boston's port to most shipping so the colonists were not able to recieve nor deliver things anywhere. Another act took away many of Massachusetts' rights to self-rule. http://library.thinkquest.org/TQ0312848/inacts.htm -
Lexington & Concord
Patriots formed a group of young armed soldiers that were ready to fight. They called these young men Minuetmen. One night 700 British soldiers met up with the Minuetmen and the battle of Lexington & Concord began. This also started the American Revolution. http://www.ushistory.org/us/11c.asp -
Common Sense
Thomas Paine published a best-selling pamphlet called "Common Sense". He made the pamphlet in every language because he wanted to encourage independance world wide. His book later paid off because he got more colonists to support independence. http://www.ushistory.org/paine/ -
Debate over Independance
Thomas Paine & Thomas Jefferson (just to name a few) were apart of the supportment of independance. Thomas Jefferson had drafted a document indicating the brakage with the British. They then proofread his work, changed some things, and kept some of the more important ideas of his safe. Summary 2.3 backside beginning -
Declaration of Independance
On this date the congress adopted the Declaration of Independance which was sighned by Thomas Jefferson and others. This helped people be more organized and know what is going on with there state/country. http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/declaration.html
