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Indirect tax. Tax on molasses. -
Tax on all paper products. Official stamp seal on all paper items. ( proof the tax was paid. ) Purchased with only silver coins. If not purchased you were fined or imprisoned. -
Tax on glass, lead, paints, paper, and tea. Searched for smuggled goods. -
Crowd gathers and they hassle the soldiers, throwing snowballs, and shouting insults
More troops arrive, colonists get more angry.
“Shoot if you dare” -
Passed in 1773 and allowed the 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 -
Members of Sons of Liberty dump over 340 chests of tea into the Boston Harbor.
Caused problems for loyalists/Tories -
Passed to punish Boston Tea Party
Boston Harbor closed until tea was paid for
Massachusetts charter canceled
Quartering Act required colonists to house soldiers
“If a soldier comes knocking at the door…. You’re sleeping on the floor.”
General Thomas Gage became new governor of MA. -
Quartering Act required colonists to house soldiers
“If a soldier comes knocking at the door…. You’re sleeping on the floor.” -
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 Parliament would not repeal the Intolerable Acts. Patrick Henry - VA rep. urged colonists to unit against Britain. -
General Gage brings thousands of British soldiers to Boston with more on the way. -
Paul revere rides to warn the Sons of Liberty in Lexington and Concord that the " British are coming... The British are coming." -
The battle of Lexington was the 1st battle of the American Revolutionary war. Referred to the shot heard around the world. British victory.
The battle of concord Americans stop the British and force them to retreat back to Boston.
AMERICAN victory. -
Benedict Arnold and Ethan Allen capture the fort.
Get all supplies in the fort including cannons.
American victory. -
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 -
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. -
Realizes men are disorganized & need discipline
Need weapons -
Declare they protest from the British. -
pamphlet inspires more colonists to become patriots
“Every thing 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. -
Washington believes his army is ready & weapons arrive
Washington puts cannons on Dorchester Heights overlooking Boston
BRITISH retreat – AMERICAN Victory -
Debate on declaring independence
Thomas Jefferson is the primary author of the document -
All 13 colonies vote YES on declaring independence -
We get freedom.