Road to Revolution

Sugar Act

1762

• Indirect Tax ( out of sight = out of mind)
• Duties of molasses sugar.

Stamp Act

1765

• Tax on all products
• Official stamp/seal on all papers items (proof tax was paid)
• Purchased only with valuable silver coins
• If you didn't purchase = fined or jailed
• Direct Tax ( In your face tax)

Townshed act

1767

• Taxes on glass,lead,paint, paper, and tea
• Searched for smuggled goods.

Declaratory Act

1768

• Parliament that accomplished the Stamp act.

Tea Act

1773

• Passed in 1773 and allowed the British East India Company (BEIC) to sell tea directly to colonists. -Lowered Prices than Colonist
• Tax Tea chapter then smuggled tea
• Less smuggling = more tax money

Interorable Act

1774

Passed to punish Boston for Tea Party
Boston Harbor Closed until tea paid for
Massachusetts Charter Cancelled
Quartering Act Requrie d colonists to house soldiers
“If a soldier comes knocking at the door…
You’re sleeping on the floor.
-General Thomas Gage because of the new governor of MA

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. -Patrick Henry- VA rep. urged colonists to unite against british.

1000's 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 Revene

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 & 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 then to retreat back to Boston.
-AMERICAN Victory

Capture of Fort Ticonderoga

May 10, 1775

Benedict Arnold & 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 lead 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 on their eyes" - William Prescott.
- BRITISH Victory ( Americas 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 & 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 & 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

Second Continental Congress votes for independence

Jul 2, 1776

• All 13 colonies vote YES on declaring independance

the Declaration of Independence is signed!

Jul 4, 1776