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Import taxes on a variety of goods were collected to support royal officials in the colonies, removing the responsibility from the colonial assemblies. The Townsend Acts were so unpopular that all the taxes were repealed, except the one on tea.
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Import taxes on a variety of goods were collected to support royal officials in the colonies, removing the responsibility from the colonial assemblies. The Townsend Acts were so unpopular that all the taxes were repealed, except the one on tea.
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A group of colonist hurled snowballs and rocks at British soldiers guarding the Customs House. The soldiers fired into the crowd, killing five colonists.
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The Intolerable Act officially called the Coercive Acts, these laws were meant to force Massachusetts to pay for the tea destroyed in the Boston Tea Party. The laws closed Boston Harbor and forced colonists to house British soldiers in their homes.
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The First Continental Congress meets. Agree to boycott British goods.
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Patrick Henry, gives his most famous speech, in the House of Burgesses. “Give me Liberty or give me Death”
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Congress sends an “Olive Branch” to King George III. He rejected the petition and sent more troops to Boston.
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Second Continental Congress meets. Congress names George Washington commander of Continental Army
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Drafted by Thomas Jefferson, the Declaration of Independence was approved.
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Baron Von Steuben trains the Continental Army at Valley Forge, Penn.
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France signs an alliance with the United States.
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General Clinton captures 3000 Patriot soldiers as he takes Charlestown, South Carolina.
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General Cornwallis surrenders at Yorktown.
