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Sugar Act
– Indirect 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
•Newspapers
•Pamphlets
•Playing cards -
Quartering Act
This act would allow British troops/ Red Coat's to go into people's house without there permission or warrant. -
Declaratory Act
This was the act when the British Parliament accompanied to repeal the Stamp Act. -
Townshend Acts
This act was the generally rise the taxes. -
The Boston Massacre
Protesters insulted the Red Coats (British Soldiers)
Red Coats had weapons, protesters had rock and crops.
These Protesters threw rocks and other objects at the Red Coats.
The Red Coats panicked or got an order to fire there weapons into the crowd of people.
The Red Coat fired on a protesting crowd. -
Tea Act
Was mostly about the raise in tax of many items, one of which was tea. -
Intolerable Acts
It was a series of four laws that were passed by the British Parliament to punish the colony of Massachusetts Bay do to the Boston Tea Party. -
First Continental Congress
The First Continental Congress was a meeting of delegates from 12 of the 13 British Colonies, that met to deal with the Intolerable Act. Georgia was the only colony that did not send a representative to the Congress. They agreed to boycott British goods at first, if Parliament would not repeal the Intolerable Acts. -
1,000's of Redcoats in Boston
General Gage gets thousands of British soldiers to Boston with the help of the king. -
Midnight ride of Paul Revere
Paul Revere rode to warn the Sons of Liberty in Lexington and Concord to get ready by saying, people think he yelled out "The British are coming! " or "The Red Coats are coming!" -
Battles of Lexing ton & Concord
Battle of Lexington
- First battle of the American Revolutionary War
- This was the " Shot heard around the world "
- The battle was a British Victory
Battle of Concord
- Americans Stop British and force them to retreat back to Boston
- It was a American Victory
- Americans used Gorilla warfare -
The Second Continental Congress
There were the greatest leaders in the colonies which were, Richard Henry Lee, John, Samuel Adams, Patrick Henry, and George Washington. -
Second Continental Congress Meet
- Print Money
- Set up post office
- Created Continental army this army was led by George Washington
- Olive Branch asked the King to Protect their rights.
- The King hires 30,000 Hessian Soldiers in response
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Capture of Fort Ticonderoga
- Benedict Arnold & Ethan Allen took control of the base
- There were lots of supplies in the fort including cannons
- It was an American Victory
- Ethan Allen was a part of the Green Mountain Boys
- Benedict Arnold back stabbed his fellow Americans for the British.
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Battle of Bunker Hill
- British Suffered a very heavy losses more than a 1,000 of there very own men died.
- 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.
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Washington arrives on outskirts of Boston with Continental troops
- These men were in need of disorganization and discipline
- And they are in a need for weapons
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"Common Sense" published by Thomas Paine
- This Pamphlet inspired more colonists to become a part of this fight
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British Surrender Boston
- Washington's arm was ready and weapons ready as well
- Washington place cannons on Dorchester Heights overlooking Boston
- BRITISH retreated
- It was an AMERICAN victory
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Second Continental Congress meet again
- Fine men were debating on declaring independence from the British
- Thomas Jefferson is the primary author of the document.
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Second Continental Congress votes for Independence
- In all 13 colonies they all voted YES to declare independence