Road to Revolution 5.3 & 5.4

sugar act

Apr 5, 1764

sugar act

stamp act

Mar 22, 1765

stamp act

boston massacre

Mar 5, 1770

colonists and british troops
march 5 1770 soldier strikes colonist.
crowd gathers and hassles soldiers, throwing snowballs and shouting insults
more troops arrive colonists get more and more angry
fire if you dare

boston tea party

Dec 16, 1773

members of sons of liberty dump over 30 chest of tea into the harbor
caused problems for loyalists

first continental congress

Sep 5, 1774

The First Continental Congress was a meeting of delegates from 12 British Colonies,They agreed to boycott British goods at first, if Parliment would not repeal the Intolerable Acts.

1,000 redcoats in boston

Apr 1, 1775

General Gage brings thousands of British
soldiers to Boston with more on the way.

Midnight ride of Paul Revere

Apr 8, 1775

Paul Revere rides to warn the Sons of Liberty
in Lexington and Concord that the "British are
coming... The British are coming.."

Battles of Lexington & Concord

Apr 19, 1775

• Battle of Lexington -
– 1
st battle of American Revolutionary War
– “shot heard round the world” -Ralph Waldo
Emerson
– BRITISH Victory
• Battle of Concord -
– Americans Stop British and force them to retreat
back to Boston
– AMERICAN Victory

Second continental congress meets

May 10, 1775

The Second Continental Congress met on May 10, 1775. The delegates included some of the greatest leaders in the colonies. Among them were John and Samuel Adams, Patrick Henry, Richard Henry Lee, and George Washington—all delegates to the First Continental Congress. Several new delegates came as well.

Capture of Fort Ticonderoga

May 10, 1775

• Benedict Arnold & Ethan Allen capture the fort
• Get all supplies in the fort including cannons
• AMERICAN Victory

battle of bunker hill

Jun 16, 1775

• fought on Breed’s Hill Map
• “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.

washington arrives on outskirts of boston with continental troops

Jul 15, 1775

realizes men are disorganized and need discipline. need weapons

common sense published by thomas pain

Jan 10, 1776

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

British surrender Boston

Mar 17, 1776

washington believes his army is ready and weapons arrive
washington puts cannons on dorchester heights overlookin boston

declaration of independence is signed

Jul 4, 1776

the declaration of indpendence is signed finally.