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Parliament passed the Sugar Act.
it also allowed officers to seize goods from accused smugglers without going to court.
the sugar act angered many colonists. -
The stamp Act outraged the colonists.
Samuel Adams helped start the Sons of Liberty.
Colonial leaders decided to work together. -
declaration the Britain parliament that accompanied the repeal of the stamp act -
The stamp Act taught the British that the colonists would resist internal taxes.
The Parliament passed the Townhend acts to tax important goods.
any British taxes angered the colonists. -
-crowd gathers and hassles soldiers,throwing snowballs and shouting insults
-more troops arrive,colonists get more and more angry
-"Fire if you dare"
-this became known as the Boston massacre -
colonists in New York and Philadelphia forces the tea ships to turn around.
the royal governor ordered that they be unloaded.
The Boston Sons of Liberty acted swiftly. -
."Boston harbor is a teapot tonight!"
.Caused problems for loyalists/Tories
-loyalist/Tory= a person in the colony who remains "loyal" to the king & Great Britain. -
One of the coercive acts banned town meetings in Massachusetts.
this stopped most shipments of food and other supplies top the other colony. -
Parliament responded by passing a series of laws called the coercive acts.
king George lll realized that Britain was losing control of the colonies.
he declared,we must either master them or totally leave them to themselves. -
That all colonies besides Georgia have representatives. -
That the general Gage brings thousands of British soldiers to Boston and with more on the way. -
that Paul revere rides to warn the sons of liberty . -
It was the first battle of american revolutionary war. -
benedict arnold and ethan allen capture the fort -
in 1774 the continental congress agreed to meet again if the British did not address their complaints. -
they fought on breed's hill -
the British held Boston, but patriot militia ringed the city. -
pamphlets inspired colonists to become patriots. -
Washington thinks that his army is ready and the weapons arrive. -
they debated on declaring independence -
That all 13 colonies all voted yes on the declaring independence. -
The Americans declared there self's as a free country