Road to Revolution

Sugar Act

1764

-indirect tax (out of sight=out of mind)
-Duties on molasses and sugar
- purchased only with valuable silver coins
-if didn't purchase= fined or jailed
-Direct tax -(in your face tax)

Stamp Act

1765

• tax on all paper products -official stamp/seal on all paper items proof tax was paid

Quartering Act

Mar 24, 1765

quartering act required colonists to house soldiers 'if soldiers come knocking at the door.....
your sleeping on the floor'
-large amount of land given to Quebec
-general Thomas Gage became new governor of MA

No taxation without representation

Aug 9, 1765

parliament taxes upset colonists
parliament =law making group of great Britain
james otis
argued that parliament had no right to tex without consent permission cololnies had no representatives in parliament but they had to follow their rules.

Delaratory Act

1766

Parliament declares it has power to make laws for the colonies 'in all cases whatsoever'
parliament passes to save his face

Townshend Acts

1767

• taxes on glass,lead,paints,paper,and tea
• searched for smuggled goods -sons of liberty start to do violent acts British soldiers arrive to protect tax collectors

Boston massacre

Mar 5, 1770

soldiers strikes colonist
-crowd gathers and hassles soldiers throwing snowballs and shouting insults.
-more troops arrived,colonists get more and more angry.

Tea Act

1773

• Passes in 1773 and allowed 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

Boston Tea Party

Dec 16, 1773

members of sons of liberty dump over 340 chests of tea into Boston Harbor . caused problems for loyalists/Tories-loyalist/Tory=a person the colony who remains loyal to the king and Great Britain.

Intolerable Acts

1774

passes to punish Boston for tea party. Boston harbor closed until tea paid for. Massachusetts charter cancelled. royal officals had trial in Britain. Quartering act required colonists to house soldiers. if a soldier comes knocking at the door......your sleeping on the floor. large amount of land given to Quebec. general Thomas Gage became new governor of MA.

1000's of Redcoats in Boston

Apr 1, 1775

Redcoats in Boston general gage brings thousands of British soldiers to Boston with more on the way.

Midnight ride of Paul Renvere

Apr 18, 1775

Paul Renvere rides to warn the sons of liberty in Lexington and concord that 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

Second Continental Congress meet

May 10, 1775

print money
set up post office
created Continental Army led by George Washington
sent Olive Branch asking king to protect their rights
-king hires 30,000 Hessian's Soldiers in response.

Battle of bunker hill

Jun 16, 1775

fought on Breeds 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.

Washington arrives on outskirts of boston with Continental troops

Jul 15, 1775

Realizes men are disorganized and need discipline
need weapons

Common Sense

Jan 10, 1776

pamphelt 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 and 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

Voting on the Declaration of Independence. After much debate, the Second Continental Congress ultimately agreed to the Declaration of Independence, and then signed it on August 2, 1776, in the Pennsylvania State House.

Declaration of Independence singed

Jul 4, 1776

THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE IS SINGED!!

Capture of fort Ticonderoga

May 10, 1777

Benedict Arnold and Ethan Allen capture the fort.
get all supplies in the fort including cannons.
American Victory