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Inderict tax it was out of sight and out of mind
Buties on molasses and sugar. -
Taxes on Stamps and paper goods
Purchase don with silver coins
If didn't purchased fined or jailed -
"If a soldier comes knocking on your door you're sleeping on the floor"
This means that colonists were required to house soldiers if they came to you.
Have large amounts of land to Quebec
General Thomas Gage became the new governer of MA -
Parliament declares it has power to make laws for the colonies "in all cases whatsoever"
Parliament passes to save face -
Taxes o glass, lead, paints, paper, and tea
Searched for smuggled goods
Sons of liberty start to do violent acts
British soldiers arrive to prtotest tax collectors -
Protesters c;ashed with redcoats
Redcoats are british soldiers
They killed 5 colonist
This got thte name of the Boston Massacre -
Was not a tax
Allowed the BEIC to sell directly to the colonists
Lower Prices than colonist merchant prices continental
Tax Tea cheaper than smuggled tea
Less smuggling = more tax money
Colonial Merchant feared BEIC would put them out of business -
Members of sons of liberty dumped over 340 chests of tea into Boston Harbor
"Boston harbor is a teapot tonight!" -
Passed to punish Boston for the Boston Tea Party
Boston harbor was closed until the tea was paid off
Massachusetts charter canceled
Royal Officers had to trial Britian -
The First Continental Congress was a meeting of delegates from 12 of the 13 British Colonies, that met to adress and deal with the Intolerable Acts. Georgia was the only colony that did not send a person to represent the Congress. They agreed to boycott some of the British goods at first, if Parliment would not agree to repeal the Intolerable Acts.All colonies but Gerogia have representives
voted to send a "statement of grievances" -
General Gage brings thousands of British soldiers to Boston with more on the way. -
Paul revere rides to warn the Sons of Liberty in Lexington and Concord that the "Briish are coming... The British are coming.." -
Battle of Lexignton-
-1st battle of Americn Revolutionary war
-"shot heard round the world" -Ralph Waldo Emerson
-BRITISH Victory
Battle of Concord-
-Americans Stop British and fore them to retreat back to Boston
-AMERICAN Victory -
Benedict Arnoid * Ethan Allen capture te fort
Get all supplies in the fort including cannons
AMERICAN Victory -
Print money
Set up post office
Created Contintentl Army led by George Washignton
Sent by Olive Branch asking King to protect theirrights King hires 30,000 Hessian Soldiers in response -
Following Lexignton and Concord; more volunteers joined the colonial militias. Soon militia around Boston numbered about 20,000 strong
Fought on Breed's Hill
"Don't Fire until you see the whites of their eyes" -William Prescott
BRITISH Bictory(Americas ran out of amminition) British learn defeating Americans would NOT be easy. -
Realizes men are in need f discipline beacuse how un organized they are.
They need weapons -
Pamphlet inspires more colonists to become patriots
"Every thing is right or reasonable pleads for separation. The blood of the stain, the weeping voice of nature cries, 'TIS TIME TO PART" Thomas Paine, Common Sense -
Washignton belives his army is ready & weapons arrive
Washignton uts cannons on Dorchester Heights overlooking Boston
British retreat -AMERICAN VICTORY -
Debate on declaring independance
Thomas Jefferson is the primary author of the document -
All 13 colonies send one person to represent them.
They all listen to Sam Adams.
It ends up being a unanimous vote for independence.
Now the problem is to actually get it. -
John Hancock signed the declaration of independence first.
Eventually 56 delegates signed the document announcing the birth of he united states.