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sugar act
inderect tax (out of sight out of mind)
Duties on molasses and sugar -
stamp act
tax on all paper products
official stamp/seal on all paper items (proof tax was paid)
legal documents
licenses
newspaper
pamphlets
playing cards
purchased only with valuable silver coins
if didnt purchase (fined or jailed)
protseted stamp act felling rights were violated
direct tax -
boston Masacure
fights between troops and Bostonians were common
crowd gathers and hassels soilder throwing snow balls -
boston tea party
members of sons liberty dumb over 340 chests of tea into Boston harbor
it caused problems for loyalists and Tories -
second continental congress meet
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.Benjamin Franklin, one of the most respected men in the colonies, had been a leader in the Pennsylvania legislature. In 1765 he represented the colonies in London and helped win repeal of the Stamp Act. -
washington arrives on out skirts
realizes men are disorganized and need diisipline
need weapons -
common sense
pamphlet inspires more colonists to become patriots -
British surrender Boston
Washington believes his army is ready and weapons arrive
Washington puts cannons on borchester heights over looking Boston. -
second continental meets again
debate on declaring independence .
Thomas Jefferson is the primary author of the document. -
second continental congress votes for independence
all 13 colonies vote yes on declaring independence. -
the declaration of independence is sighned
They made it the fourth of July because that's when the bombs went of after the declaration of independence.