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The Sugar Acts are based on indirect taxes and there were taxes on Molasses and Sugar. Which made it hard to buy anything. -
The Stamp Act is where they put taxes on all paper ideas like Paper, Newspaper, Playing cards, Licences, ect. -
The Declaratory Acts is where the leader/Parliament makes a law which states that the board or a official group of people can make rules and set rules. -
The Townshend Acts is where they searched for smuggled goods. The sons of liberty start to do violent acts which gets some of them killed. -
This event is based of the boston massacre when the Colonists and Red coats were fighting till someone yelled "Fire if you dare" and then that started it -
The tea act is where tea could be sold directly to colonists. The Taxed Tea was cheaper than smuggled tea though. -
The Intolerable Acts is where they punishes the sons of liberty by taking away the tea and closing Boston Harbor because of the "Tea party" they had there. -
The Quartering Acts is where towns people had to offer up there house to soilders if they stopped by. If they did then they slept on the floor that night -
The First Continental Congress was a meeting of delegates from 12 of the 13 British Colonies, that met to deal with the Intolerable Acts. Georgia was the only colony that did not send a representative to the Congress. They agreed to boycott British goods at first, if Parliament would not repeal the Intolerable Acts. -
This event is when they would have First Continental meets. Every Colony would have representatives except in Georgia. They voted to Boycott the British trade and send a "Statement of grievances". Patrick Henry is a very important Character. -
This Event exists because of General Gage when he sent 1,000 red coats to Boston with more on the way -
This Event was because Paul Revere rode out at Midnight to tell the sons of liberty that the British are coming. -
This event was based off of 2 battles. In the Concord battle Americans won but in the Lexington battle British won. We retreated the British back to Boston in the Concord battle though. -
This event was based off of when we stole a base from the British and we won! We got cannons and stuff to help us win more of these battles -
This was the Second meeting which now held Sam and John. Ben Franklin had been in charge of it -
This Battle was based on when we fought British on Breed's hill. It was a British Victory but they had learned Defeating Americans were going to be hard. -
He realized men are disorganized and need discipline and needed weapons -
Washington think his army is ready when he arrives and they win that fight -
A Pamphlet helps more and more people become patriots. "Everything that is right or reasonable pleads for separation. The blood slain, the weeping voice of nature cries...." Thomas Paine -
There is a Debate declaring independence.
Thomas Jefferson is the primary author of the document -
All of the 13 colonies voted YES for declaring Independence -
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This event is based on When the sons of liberty threw over 300 chests of tea into the Boston Harbor. This caused problems for the loyals