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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
Newspaper
Pamphlets
Playing Cards
Purchased only with the valuable silver coins
If didn't purchase=fined or jailed
Protested Stamp Act, Feeling rights were violated.
Direct Tax
(In your face tax) -
Repealing Stamp Ac
Boycott
Refusal to buy stamps or paper goods
Stamp Act congress -
Declaratory Act
Parliament declares it has power to make laws for the colonies ¨in all cases whatsoever¨
Parliament passes this to save face -
Townshend Acts
Taxes on glass, lead, paints, paper, and tea
Searched for smuggled goods
Sons of Liberty start to do violent acts
British soldiers arrive to protect tax collectors -
The Boston Massacre
Protesters clashed with redcoats
Redcoats are British soldiers
Five colonists were killed -
Tea Act
Passed in 1773 and allowed British East India Company (BEIC) to sell tea directly to colonists
Lower Prices than colonist merchant prices
Tax Tea cheaper than smuggled tea
Less smuggling = more tax money
Colonial Merchants feared (BEIC) would put them out of business -
The Boston Tea Party
Members of Sons of Liberty dumped 340 chests of tea into Boston Harbor. -
Intolerable Acts
Passed to punish Boston for Tea Party
Boston Harbor Closed until tea paid for
Massachusetts Charter canceled
Royal officials had trial in Britain
Quartering Act required colonists to house soldiers
¨If a soldier comes knocking at the door . . . . you´re sleeping on the floor¨
Large amount of land given to Quebec
General Thomas Gage became new governor of MA -
First Continental Congress
The First Continental Congress was a meeting of delegates. They held the meeting so they could deal with the Intolerable Acts. Georgia was the only one that didn't send a representative to the Congress. They agreed that they would boycott all of British goods first, if parliament would not repeal the Intolerable Acts. -
1,000´s of Redcoats in Boston
General Gage brings thousand of British soldiers to Boston with more on the way. -
Midnight Ride of Paul Revere
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 & Concord
Battle of Lexington-
1st battle of American Revolutionary War
¨shot heard round the world¨ - Ralph Waldo Emerson
BRITISH Victory
Battle of Concord-
Americans Stop British and force them to retreat back to Boston
AMERICAN Victory -
Capture of Fort Ticonderoga
Benedict Arnold & Ethan Allen capture the fort
Get all supplies in the fort including cannons
AMERICAN Victory -
The Second Continental Congress Meet
Continental Congress decided to meet again
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
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. -
¨Common Sense¨ published by Thomas Paine
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
Washington believes his army is ready & weapons arrive
Washington puts cannons on Dorchester Heights overlooking Boston
BRITISH retreat – AMERICAN Victory -
The Second Continental Congress meet again
Debate on declaring independence
Thomas Jefferson is the primary author of the document -
The Second Continental Congress votes for Independence
All 13 colonies vote YES on declaring independence -
Washington arrives on outskirts of Boston with Continental troops
Realizes men are disorganized & need discipline
Need weapons -
The Declaration of Independence is signed!!
