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Sugar Act
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) -
Declaratory Act
Declaratory Act
Parliament declares it has power to make laws for the colonies “in all cases whatsoever”, Parliament passes this to save face. -
Townshed Act
Townshend Act
Taxes on glass, lead, paints, paper, and tea
Searches for smuggled goods
Sons of Liberty start to do violent acts
-British soldiers arrive to protect tax collectors. -
Boston Massacre
soldier strikes colonist
-Crowd gathers and hassles soldier, throwing
snowballs and shouting insults.
-More troops arrive, colonists get more and more angry.
-”Fire if you dare” -
Tea Act.
Passed in 1773 and allowed British East India Company (BEIC) to sell tea directly to colonists
-Lower prices than colonists merchant prices
-Tax tea cheaper tha smuggled tea
-Less smuggling=more tax money
Colonial merchants feared BEIC would put them out of business. -
Boston tea party
Members of sons of Liberty Dump over 340 chests of tea into Boston Harbor “Boston harbor is a teapot tonight!” Caused problems for loyalists/Tories
-Loyalist/Tory= a person in the
Colony who remains “loyal” to the king & Great Britain. -
Intolerable Act.
Intolerable Acts
Passes to punish Boston for Tea Party
-Boston Harbor closed until tea paid for
-Massachusetts charter canceled
-Royal officials had in trail Britain
-Quartering Act required colonist 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 Thmas Gage became new governor of MA -
Quartering Act
-Quartering Act required colonist 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 -
Continental Congress meets.
-All colonies but Georgia have representatives.
-Voted to send a "statement of grievances"
-Voted to boycott and british trade.
-Patrick Henry, VA rep. urged colonist to unite. -
1,000 of Redcoat's in Boston.
General Gage brings thousands of British soldiers, 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 -
Capture of Fort Ticonderoga
-Benedict Arnold & Ethan Allen capture the fort.
-Get all supplies in the fort cannons.
-AMERICAN victory. -
Second continental congress meet.
-Print $$$.
-Set up a post, people.
-Created Continental Army led by Geogre 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” Williams Prescott
BRITISH victory (Americans ran out of ammunition) British learn defeating Americans would NOT be easy. -
Washignton arrives on the outskirt of Boston with continental troops.
Washington arrives on outskirt of Boston with Continental troops.
-Realizes men are disorganized & need discipline.
-Need weapons. -
"Common Sense" published by Thomas Paine.
-Pamphlet inspires more colonies to become patriots.
-”Everything that is right or reasonable pleads for separation. The blood of stain, the weeping voice of nature cries, ‘TIS THE TIME TO PART”- Thomas Paine, Common Sense -
British surrender Boston.
-Washington believes his army is ready & weapons arrives.
-Washington puts cannons on Dorchester heights overlooking.
-BRITISH retreats- AMERICAN victory. -
Second continental congress meet again.
-Debate on declaring independence.
-Thomas Jefferson is the primary author of the document. -
Second continental congress votes for independence.
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The Declaration of Independence is signed!
