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Stamp Act
The Stamp Act taxed newspapers, licences, and colonial paper products. It was repealed due to the growing rebellious actions. -
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Timespan 1766-1774
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Townshend Acts
This act was repealed on March 5, 1770, right after the Boston Massacre, because of the opposition of the colonies, but the tax on tea remained. -
Boston Massacre
This was the relationship between colonists and Parliament. The protesters had an argument with guarding British soldiers. The result was the soldier hitting him. At the end, the soldier ended up killing 5 men. -
Tea Act
On 1773, the Tea Act was passed, which allowed the British East India Company to sell tea directly to the colonists. The British East India Company could sell tea for lower prices and still make a profit of it. The purpose of the Tea Act was to encourage colonists to stop smuggling, by offering a cheaper British tea. -
Boston Tea Party
On December 16,1773, the colonists dumped bunch of tea chests in the British ship into Boston Harbor. This event was called the Boston Tea Party. This event expressed the anger and irritation of the colonists. -
Intolerable Acts
After hearing about the Boston Tea Party, Lord North, the new British prime minister was furious. So, during the spring of 1774, the Parliament decided to pass the Intolerable Acts to punish Boston for their action and to bring back the order of the colony.
provision: 6 major part
-close Boston harbor
-cancel charter
-royal official went through admiralty court
-make space for the soldiers; receive protection (quartering act)
-give land to Quebec
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1st Continental Congress
The 1st Continental Congress was a meeting with the colonists, talking about the realtionship with Great Britan and its colonies in America. The colonists wanted to have peace, not war, so they asked the King for peace. -
Concord/Lexington
This battle took place in Massachusetts. Paul Revere warned that the British were comming to fight. The first battle, so many minutemen got injured but only one British soldier got injured. The British were on their way to concord, but Prescott had already warned Concord that the British were comming. So, Concord hid all of their ammunition. When the British arrived they were so frusturated. -
2nd Continental Congress
The King didn't accept for peace, so there was war. On July 5th, the delegates signed the Olive Branch Petition as a final attempt to restore harmony. -
Battle of Bunker Hill
The Battle of Bunker Hill was an extremely hard time to fight for the army because it was during Winter, so it was impossible to fight, Also, many soldiers became sick, so George Washingtin's wife came and helped the sick soldiers. -
Olive Branch Petition
The Olive Branch Petition was a document that stated the colonists' loyalty to the king. This document was trying to make peace instead of war, but King George declined, so the colonists had to go to war. -
Common Sense
Common Sense was written by Thomas Paine and it was printed out in January of 1776. -
Declaration of Independence
The Second Continental Congress picked Jefferson to write the draft of the Declaration of Independence. On July 4th, the document was official.
