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sugar act of 1764
-Indirect tax ( out of sight = out of mind)
Duties on mo;asses and sugar -
STamp act
TAx on all paper products
OFficial stamp seal on all paper items ( proof tax was paid Purchased only with valuable silver coins -
delartory act
parliament declares it has power to make laws for the colonies in all cases whatsover
parliamt passes this to save face -
Townshend acts
Taxes on glass, lead paints paper and tea
searched for smuggled goods -
Boston massacare
Fights between troops and Bostonians were common.
MArch 5, 1770: soldier strokes colonist
Crownd gathers and hassles soldier throwing snowballs and shouting insults
more troops arrive, cononists get more and more
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 colonist merchant prices
-tax tea cheaper than smuggled
-less smuggling=more tax money Boston tea party members of sons of liberty dump over 340\ chests of tea into boston harbor
Cas\used problems for loyalists/tories
-loyalist/tory=a person in the colony who remains “loyal to king & great britain -
INtolerable acts
Passed to punish boston for tea party
Boston harbor closed until tea paid for
Mossachuseets 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 -
Boaton tea party
Mermbers of sons of liberty dump over 340 chests of tea into boston harbor
cauded problems for loyalists/ tories
caused problems for loyalists tories loyalist tory a perosn in the colony who remains loyl to the king great britain -
quartering act
quartering act required connonists to house soliders
if soldier comes knocking at the door you're sleeping on the floor -
First continental congress meets
All colonies but georgia have representatives.
Votes to send a" staement of grievances.
Voted to Boycott all British Trade.
Patrick Henry-VA rep. urged colonisst to unite against Britain. -
1000's of Redcoats in Boaton
Generl Gage brings thousands of British soldiers to Boastan with more on the way -
Midnight ride of paul revere
Paul revere rides to war the sons of liberty in lexington and concord that the " british are coming.. The British are coming.." -
Battles of lexingon &concord
Battle of Lexingon
1 batt;e of american revolutionary war
shot heard round the worlf]d raplh warldo emerson
british victory
battle of concord
americans stop bristish and force them to retreat back to boston
american vixtory -
capture of fort ticonderoga
BEnedict Arnold & Ethan Allen Capture the fort
Get all supplies in the fort including cannons
American victory -
second continental congress meet
Printset up
post office
created continetal army led by geroge washington
seat olive branch asking king t protect their rights
king hires 30,000 hessians soldiers in response -
Battle of bunker Hill
Fought on Breed's hill map
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 arives on outskirts of boston with continertal troops
realized men are disorganized & need discipline
need wepons -
common sense published by thomas paine
pamphlet inspires more colonists to become patriots
every thing that is right or reasonable pleads for separation. The blood of the slian, the weeping voice of nature cries, this time to part thomas paine common sense -
british surrender boston
Washington believes his army is ready & weapns arrive
washington puts cannons on dorchester heigts overloookings boston
british retreat-american vixtory -
second continental congress
Debate on declaring indpendence thomas jefferson is the primary author of the document -
second contral congress meet again
debate on declaring indoendence
thomas jefferson is the primary author of the documant -
second continental congress votes for independence
all 13 colonies vote yes ondeclaring indeoence -
the declaration of independence is signed
fire work