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Sugar Act
It was indirect tax Also duties on molasses and sugar -
Stamp Act
The Stamp Act taxed all paper items
They had to put a stamp/seal on the paper to show it was taxed
Had to pay with valuable silver coins, if not you were fined or send to jail -
Declaratory Act
The Act declares it has power to make laws for the colonies "In all cases whatsoever"
Parliament passes this to save face -
Townshed Acts
Taxes were on glass, lead, plants, paper, and tea.
They also searched for smuggled goods
Sons of Liberty start to do violent acts
Then the British Troops come over and arrive to protect tax collectors. -
Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre started for kids making fun of the British Soldiers
Then a kid threw a snowball at him then the British Soldier fell and shot on accident then warfare started to happen.
It was an all out fight just because a kid was throwing a snowball at a Soldier. -
Tea Act
It allowed the British East India Company(BEIC) to sell tea directly to colonists.
-Lower prices than colonists merchant prices
-Tax Tea cheaper than smuggled goods
-Less smuggling = more tax money
(Colonists Merchants feared BEIC would put the out of business. -
Boston Tea Party
The Sons of Liberty dumped over 340 chests of tea into Boston Harbor
That caused problems for loyalists/Tories
A Loyalists/Tories are people who are in a colony and remains "Loyal" to the King in Britain -
Intolerable Acts
Passes to punish Boston for Tea Party
-Boston Harbor Closed until tea paid for
-Massachusetts Charter canceled
-Royal officials had a trail in Britain -
Quartering Acts
Required colonists to house soldiers
"If a soldier comes knocking at a door.... You're sleeping on the floor" -
Continental Congress meets
All colonies but Georgia have representatives
voted to send a "statement of grievances"
Voted to Boycott all British Trade
Patrick Henry - VA rep. urged colonists to unite against Britain -
1,000 Redcoats in Boston
General Gage brings thousands 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..." -
Battle of Lexington and Concord
It was the first battle of the American Revolutionary War
"Shot heard around the world" Said by Ralph Waldo Emerson
-British Won Then Battle of Concord, Americans stop the British Force them to retreat back to Boston
They used Gorilla warfare in that fight. -
Capture of Fort Ticonderoga
Benedict Arnold and Ethan Allen capture the fort
They got all their supplies in the fort including cannons
It was an American Victory -
Second Continental Congress Meet
They Printed money
Set up a post office
Created Continental Army, leader is George Washington
Then the King hires 30,000 Hessian Soldiers in response -
Battle of Bunker Hill
They Fought on Breeds Hill
William Prescott said- "Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes!"
The British won, Americans ran out of ammunition
The British found out that beating the Americans was not an easy fight. -
Washington arrives at Boston with Continental Troops
Realizes men are disorganized and need discipline
They needed weapons -
"Common Sense" 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 and the weapons arrived
Washington puts cannon on Dorchester Heights overlooking Boston British retreated
AMERICAN VICTORY! -
Second Continental Congress Meets Again
Debate on Declaring independence
Thomas Jefferson is the primary author of the document -
Second Continental Congress vote for independence
This was the day they voted, and in two days from then they
would find out that America was just born and for its independence. -
The Declaration of Independence is Signed
July fourth the day we celebrate for our country, and it's America's birthday too.
When America was officially America on July 4, 1776!
About 50 men signed on the Declaration of Independence