Road to Revolution 5.3 & 5.4"

sugar act

Apr 5, 1764

Enacted on April 5, 1764, to take effect on September 29, the new Sugar Act cut the duty on foreign molasses from 6 to 3 pence per gallon, retained a high duty on foreign refined sugar, and prohibited the importation of all foreign rum.

Stamp act

Mar 22, 1765

The Stamp Act of 1765 was ratified by the British parliament under King George III. It imposed a tax on all papers and official documents in the American colonies, though not in England.

Declaratory act

Mar 18, 1766

George III approved Parliament's repeal of the Stamp Act and its passage of the Declaratory Act.

Townshend acts

Jun 29, 1767

To help pay the expenses involved in governing the American colonies, Parliament passed the Townshend Acts, which initiated taxes on glass, lead, paint, paper, and tea. Nonimportation. In response to new taxes, the colonies again decided to discourage the purchase of British imports.

The Boston Massacre

Mar 5, 1770

The red coats fired on a protesting crowd.
Protesters insulted the red coats (British soldiers)
Red coats had weapons protesters had rocks and crops

tea act

May 10, 1773

In an effort to save the troubled enterprise, the British Parliament passed the Tea Act in 1773. The act granted the company the right to ship its tea directly to the colonies without first landing it in England, and to commission agents who would have the sole right to sell tea in the colonies

quartering act

Mar 24, 1774

The 1765 act actually prohibited British soldiers from being quartered in private homes, but it did make the colonial legislatures responsible for paying for and providing for barracks or other accommodations to house British regulars.

intolerable act

Mar 31, 1774

The Coercive Acts (called the Intolerable Acts by the colonists) included a new Quartering Act that provided arrangements for housing British troops in American dwellings. It revived the anger that colonists had felt regarding the earlier Quartering Act (1765), which had been allowed to expire in 1770.

First continental Congress meets

Sep 5, 1774

All colonies but Georgia have a representatives
Voted to send A statement of grievances
Voted to Boycott all British Trade
Patrick henry -va rep. urged colonists to unite against britain

1,000s of 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 18, 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 and Concord

Apr 19, 1775

Battle of lexington
-1st battle of American Revolutionary War
-Shot heard round the world" - Ralph Waldo Emerson
-BRITISH Victory
Battle of Concord-
-Americans stop the British and force them to retreat back to boston
-AMERICAN Victory

Capture of Fort Ticonderoga

May 10, 1775

Benedict Arnold and Ethan Allen capture the fort
Get all Supplies in the fort including cannons
AMERICAN Victory

second continental congress meet

May 10, 1775

Print $$$
Set up post office
Created Continental Army led by George Washington
Sent olive Branch Asking King to protect their rights
-King hires 30,000 Hessians Soldiers in response

Battle of Bunker Hill

Jun 16, 1775

Fought on Breed's Hill
"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 Paine

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 overlooking Boston
British retreat- AMERICAN victory

Second Continental Congress meet again

Jun 15, 1776

Debate on declaring independence
Thomas Jefferson is the primary author of the document

The continental congress is signed

Aug 2, 1776

It is confirmed or allowed

Second Continental Congress votes for independence

Aug 2, 1777

All of the 13 colonies voted yes on declaring for independence

First continental congress

Sep 5, 1777

Rather than calling for independence, the First Continental Congress passed and signed the Continental Association in its Declaration and Resolves, which called for a boycott of British goods to take effect in December 1774