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End of the French and Indian War
After the French and Indian War had ended, the British had won , but they were in dept. They needed money to pay off the war dept so they tax the colonies. The taxtation makes the colonist mad. -
The Proclamation of 1763
The Proclamation of 1763 banned the colonist from moving west of the Appalachain Mountains. The colonists did not like this becuase they believed that they had the right to live where thwy want to. This proclamation was ignored by the colonists becuase it was impossible for the British to enforce. -
The Sugar Act
The Sugar Act put taxes on sugar, molasses, etc and had harsh punishments for smugglers. This lead to colonists boycotting British goods and for them to send a petition to England. This also makes James Otis to coin the phrase, " Taxtation without represantation is tyranny." -
The Stamp Act
Required the colonists to buy an extra stamp with documents like wills, contracts, newspapers, and playing cards. It was an unfair tax for the colonists so they demanded for the act to be repealed. They also burned stamped paper and held the Stamp Act Congress in New York City. -
The Quartering Act
This act made colonists house and feed British soliders. The colonists rights had been violated. Some refused to let soliders in their house. -
The Townshend Act
The British didn't tax goods in the colonies. They taxed imports that came into the Colonies like lead, tea, glass, etc. Also, the Writs of Assitance allowed the British to search ships. For the colonists, this was still a tax and they were still mad. They smuggled goods and reduced imports. -
Boston Massacre
On King Street in Boston, the British fired shots at an angry mob of Colonists after an argument. The Colonist had been throwing sticks, rocks, and they called them names. 5 were killed and 6 wounded. Leads Paul Revere to make an engraving of the massacre, that shows people dieing and the British being ordered to fire. -
The Tea Act
Tea has to be imported from the British East India Company. The tea is still taxed at 3 pence a pound. The company choose who could and who couldn't sell tea. They had a monopoly over tea. This lead to many tea merchants in the Colonies going out of buisness. -
Boston Tea Party
116 people helped destroy 90,000 pounds, or 45 tons, of tea after the Tea Act. The Sons of Liberty had organized it. Dressed as Native Americans, they went on to a ship with tea imported from Britian and threw 342 containers of tea overboard. The destroyed tea was worth an estimated 10,000 pounds, or appoximatly $1,000,000 in today's money. -
The Coercive Acts
Also called The Intolerable Acts, these acts was the British's respones to the Boston Tea Party. They closed the port of Boston until the tea was payed for. Trials were moved the England. They also banned all town meetings and strengthened the Quartering Act. -
The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere (Part 2)
Sam Prescott begins his ride from Lexington to Concord warning that the British were coming. On April 19, The first shots of the Revolutionary War are fired at Lexington where the British met the Massachusettes minutemen. The fighting cotinues the next day at Concord. -
The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere (Part 1)
On April 18, 1775 Britian had sent troops to seize weapons that were at Concord, MA. The Sons of Liberty learned about the British's plan and Billy Dawes started his ride from Boston, MA to Lexington, MA to warn that the British were coming. Paul Revere the begins his ride after he sees two lanterns in the Old North Church, showing that the British were coming by sea. Paul Revere and Billy Dawes are captured by the British near Lexington after warning Sam Adams and John Hancock. -
The Battles of Lexington and Concord/ The Shot Heard 'Round the World
British troops were met by Minutemen at Lexington on their way to seize smuggled guns at Concord. This battle was important because even though only 8 farmers had died, the Revolutionary War had begun. This was also called the shot heard round the world because Nations knew that this war would have a huge impact on the world. After these battles, Sam Adams was looking foward to fighting for the idependence of America.
