Road to Revolution 5.3,5.4

sugar act

1764

Indirect taxes

stamp act

1765

tax on all paper productes.

Quatering act

1765

red coats would kick people out of there house and take it

Declory act

1766

I did not get notes

Townshend act

1767

Taxes on glass lead paints paper and tea

The Boston Massacre

Mar 5, 1770

Soilder strikes colonist

The Boston Tea Party

Dec 16, 1773

Members of sons dumped 300 chest of tea.

intolorable act

1774

Passed to punish Boston from the boston tea party

First Continetal Congress

Sep 5, 1774

The First Continental Congress was a meeting of delegates from 12 of the 13 British Colonies, that met to deal with the Intolerable Acts. Georgia was the only colony that did not send a representative to the Congress. They agreed to boycott British goods at first, if Parliment would not repeal the Intolerable Acts.

Battle of Lexington and concord

Apr 19, 1775

Amercans stop british and fore them to retreat

Capture fort Ticonderoga

May 10, 1775

Bennedict arnold and Ethan Allen Capture the fort.

Second cotinetal congress

May 10, 1775

Print money and set up a post office also continatal army led by geoge washigton

Battle of Bunker Hill

Jun 16, 1775

The amercains had to withdraw cause they were out of gunpowder.

Washington arrives on the outskirts of Boston with continetal troops

Jul 15, 1775

Relizes men are disorganized and need discipline.
Need weapons.

Common sense published by thomas paine

Jan 10, 1776

Pamphelt inpies more colonists to become patriots.

British surrender boston

Mar 17, 1776

Washington belives his army is ready and weapons arrive
Washington puts cannons on Dorcher Heghts overlooking boston

second continal congress meet again

Jun 15, 1776

debate on declaring independance

Second continettal congrss votes for independance

Jul 2, 1776

All 13th colonies vote yes on declaring independance

The decloration of independance is signed

Jul 4, 1776