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Sugar Act
is passed by Parliament to raise funds for the depleted British treasury and to curtail the colonists' smuggling of non-British sugar and molasses to avoid import tariffs -
no taxation without representation
a legal principle that the colonial legislatures only had the power to tax residents who had representatives -
stamp Act
imposed a tax on all papers and official documents in the American colonies, though not in England. -
The declaratory Act
declaration by the British Parliament that accompanied the repeal of the Stamp Act. -
Townshend Act
initiated taxes on glass, lead, paint, paper, and tea. -
Colonists vs British Troops
March 5 1770: Soldier strikes colonists the crowd gathers and hassles soldiers, throwing snowballs and shouting insults Fights between troop and bostonians -
Tea Act
the Act would give the East India Company a monopoly on tea sales in the colonies. -
Boston Tea Party 12/16/1773
Members of Sons of Liberty Dump over 340 chests of tea into Boston Harbor -
intolerable Act
a series of four laws passed by the British Parliament to punish the colony of Massachusetts Bay for the Boston Tea Party. -
Quartering Act
British troops to be housed in private homes and facilities. -
first continental congress
the first continental congress was a meeting of delegates from 12 of the 13 British Colonies, the Intolerable Acts. -
a call to arms
October 1774 trained and drilled with the other soldiers. 20 tons grape- and round shot -
The Second Continental Congress
The Second Continental Congress met on May 10, 1775
Print $$$$
Set up post office
Created Continental Army led by George Washington
Sent Olive Branch Asking King to protect their right
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British Surrender Boston
Washington arrives on outskirts of Boston with Continental Troops Realizes man are disorganized & need discipline
Need weapons July 15, 1775 (07/15/1775)
British Surrender Boston Washington believes his army is ready & weapons arrive
Washington puts cannons on Dorchester Heights overlooking Boston
BRITISH retreat – American -
midnight ride of paul revere
Dr. Joseph Warren summoned Paul Revere and gave him the task of riding to Lexington, Massachusetts, with the news that British -
1 000's of redcoats in boston
Popularly known as "The Battle of Bunker Hill," bloody fighting took place throughout a hilly landscape of fenced pastures that were situated -
battles of lexington and concord
The Battles of Lexington and Concord -
capture of fort ticonderoga 1775
victory for American forces in the Revolutionary War -
“Common Sense” Published by Thomas Paine
Pamphlet insert more colonists to become patriots
“Every thing that is right or reasonable pleads for separation.”
January 10 , 1776 (01/10/1776) -
Second Continental Congress meet again
Debate on declaring declaring independence
Thomas Jefferson is the primary author of the document
June 15 1776 (06/15/1776) -
Second Continental Congress votes for Independence
All 13 colonies vote YES on declaring independence
July 2, 1776 (07/02/1776) -
The Declaration of Independence is signed!
The Declaration of Independence is signed!
July 4, 1776 (07/04/1776)