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Sugar act
the sugar act held a high duty foreign refined sugar and banned the import of foreign beer / rum -
Stamp Act
the stamp act put tax on all paper products and not only that put an official stamp / seal or the item to proof the tax was paid. -
Declaratory Act
the Declaratory Act declares / show the colonist that the Parliament can rule or have power over the colonist. power = places taxes and rule over the colonists -
Townshend Acts
the Townshed Acts put taxes on glass, lead, paints, paper, and tea. And also puts searches on smuggled good so if you go somewhere you will be searched -
cilonist vs british troops
fights bettwen colonists and troops were common
crowds gather around the troops and coloists are shouting insults and througing stuff at them more troops arive and the colonists get even more mad -
Tea Act
the Tea Act lowers prices for coloist merchindice tax tea less smuggled tea. And they thought less smuggled tea = more tax money -
boston tea party
in 12/16/1773 members of the son of liberty trew over 340 chest of tea into the Boston harbor -
Intolerable Acts
the Intolerable Acts is a punishment to boston for the boston tea party. the Boston Harbor Closed until tea paid as well as Massachusetts Charter cancelled -
Quartering Act
the Quartering Act would make it so solders could live in your house and treat it how ever they want and do what ever they want -
First Continetal Congress
The First Continental Congress had a meeting of delegates and 12 of the 13 British colonies, grouped up to deal with the intolerable acts. Georgia was the one colony that didn't send any representative to the congress. so the had an idea to boycott British goods, but the parliament dint repeal the intolerable acts. -
First Continental Congress meets
every singe colonie but Georgia have
representatives. they voted to boycott british trade. Patrick Henry a VA rep got colonists to go against Britain -
1,000’s of Redcoats in Boston
General Gage calls for thousands of redcoats to Boston with even more on the way after that -
Midnight ride of Paul Revere
he rides on a horse to Sons of Liberty
in Lexington to warm people that the British are coming -
Battles of Lexington & Concord
its the first battle of American Revolutionary War. the Americans Stop the British and force them to retreat back to Boston. the Americans one -
Capture of Fort Ticonderoga
Benedict Arnold and Ethan Allen take over the fort
they Get all supplies in the fort including cannons
the Americans won -
The Second Continental Congress meets
the Continental Congress agreed to meet again if the British did not address their complaints the people there / gorge wasington / john handcok / sam atams / and others. they also printed sum money -
Battle of Bunker Hill
this battle was fought on Breed’s Hill. British won because the Americans ran out of ammunition British then realized destroying the american will not be easy -
Washington arrive on outskirts of Boston with continental troops
Washington then realizes that the men were disorganized and needed to train as well as to be disciplined. they also needed weapons -
COMMON SENSE by Thomas paine
the pamphlet inspired the colonists to become patriots. -
british surender boston
Washington thinks his army is ready for battle then weapons arrive. the British retreat and the Americans win -
second continental congress meet again
debate on declaring independence.
then thomas jefferson in the primary author of the document -
second continental congress vote for independence
all 13 votes say yes for independence -
the declaration of independence is signed
look at the picture