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Sugar Acts
The Sugar Acts are based on indirect taxes and there were taxes on Molasses and Sugar. Which made it hard to buy anything. -
Stamp Act
The Stamp Act is where they put taxes on all paper ideas like Paper, Newspaper, Playing cards, Licences, ect. -
Declaratory Acts
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. -
Townshend Acts
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. -
Boston Massacre
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 -
Tea Act
The tea act is where tea could be sold directly to colonists. The Taxed Tea was cheaper than smuggled tea though. -
Intolerable Acts
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. -
Quartering Acts
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 -
First Continental Congress
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. -
First Continental Meets
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. -
1,000 red coats in Boston
This Event exists because of General Gage when he sent 1,000 red coats to Boston with more on the way -
Midnight ride with Paul Revere
This Event was because Paul Revere rode out at Midnight to tell the sons of liberty that the British are coming. -
Battles of Lexington and Concord
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. -
Capture of fort tricondergo
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 -
Second Continental Meets
This was the Second meeting which now held Sam and John. Ben Franklin had been in charge of it -
Battle of Bunker Hill
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. -
Washington Arrives on outskirts of Boston with Continetal Troops
He realized men are disorganized and need discipline and needed weapons -
British Surrenders
Washington think his army is ready when he arrives and they win that fight -
"Common Sense" Published by Thomas Paine
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 -
Second Congress meets again
There is a Debate declaring independence.
Thomas Jefferson is the primary author of the document -
Second Congress votes for independance
All of the 13 colonies voted YES for declaring Independence -
Declaration of Independence is signed
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Boston Tea party
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