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sugar act
Tax on molasses and sugar -
stamp act
Put tax on all paper products including cards, newspaper, pamphlets, licenses, and legal documents you also need to buy stamps to put them on the paper -
quartering act
If a soldier came knocking on your door they would sleep in your house -
Declaratory act
Parliament declares they have power to make any laws in the colonies "in all cases whatsoever" -
Townshend act
Put taxes on glass, lead, paints, paper and tea also searched for smuggled goods (angered the sons of liberty) -
Boston massacre
A group of a bunch of people from Boston that get shot at by 9 British soldiers and of the group of people 5 died none injured -
Tea act
lower tax on tea than smuggled tea and colonist merchant tea (less smuggling = more tax money) -
Boston tea party
The sons of liberty dumped a bunch of tea into the ocean -
Intolerable act
Closed boston harbor until tea was paid for and if a soldier knocks on your door you must let them in to sleep -
continental congress meets
A voted representative of every colony. Patrick Henry - VA rep. urged colonists to unite against Britain -
1000's of Redcoats in Boston
General Gage bring thousands of British soldiers to Boston with more on their 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
The Battle of Lexington was the first battle of american revaluation "The shot heard around the world" -
Battle of concord
Americans stop the British and force them to retreat back to Boston -
Capture of fort Ticonderoga
Benedict Arnold & Ethan Allen capture the fort and get all the supplies in the fort including the cannons -
Second Continental congress
All the colony representatives meet again -
Bunker hill
was fought on breed's hill and the British won do to them running out of ammo -
Washington arrives at Boston with continental troops
He arrives with a bunch of troops to join the fight -
British surrender Boston
The British surrender and hand over Boston -
common sense
This is a pamphlet that inspires more colonists to become patriots -
votes for independence
all of the continental congress vote for independence -
declaration of independence signed
The declaration of independence is signed by the continental congress -
second continental congress
the second continental congress ends