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Sugar Act
Goal was to decrease smuggling
Indirect tax (added into cost of sugar)
Issued Writs of Assistance
Disrupted the economy of colonies by increasing cost of many imported items -
Stamp Act
Tax on all printed goods
Forced colonist to buy British stamp for every official document they obtained
Direct tax:separate from item
Additional tax, felt rights were violated
Met with colonial resistance
Taxation without representation -
Townshend Acts
In reaction to Stamp Act, they decided to repeal it
Tax on paper, lead, glass, paint, tea etc.
Similar to Navigation Acts
Many used to finance troops in colonies
Colonists were very upset -
Boston Massacre
Americans were rioting, British solider was hit by a club, shots were fired by soldiers, 6 Americans were killed.
Colonists were very upset, helped spark Americans to want independence from England -
Tea Act
Tax on tea
British East India Company in danger of Bankruptcy
Competition, poor investments, monopoly
Sons of liberty assemble to react
Eventually lead up to the Boston Tea Party -
Boston Tea Party
Response to the Tea Act
Rebels dumped $1-3 million of cargo into the Boston Harbor
Great Britain sees is as threat to British Rule
Now all 13 colonies are made because they had to deal with the consequences as well -
Intolerable Acts
In response to the Boston Tea Party, King George is very angry
Isolates Boston
General Gage becomes Governor
Increase of troop presence
Start to arrest rebels -
1st Continental Congress
Response to Intolerable Acts
2 Questions
What are our rights?
How should we defend them?
Boycotts, non-importation
Committees of Correspondence to enforce(inspect custom houses, blacklisted, goal was to avoid mobs) -
Lexington and Concord
Militia forming in Massachusetts
King reacts immediate, seize leaders and munitions
"Shot heard round' the world"
Poor plan by Great Britain
No longer secretive
273 English casualties
95 US casualties -
2nd Continental Congress
In response to "shot heard round' the world"
New faces (Franklin, Hancock, Jefferson)
Nominate Washington to lead army
Battle of Bunker Hill
Olive Branch Petition (cease fire in Boston, repeal Intolerable Acts, define colonial rights)
Adams is angry, joins rebellion
King declares colonies in state of rebellion
John Adams plan
1.)Organize colonial governor
2.)Define congress
3.)Foreign aid (Fr. Sp.)
4.)Declaration of Independency)
5.)Join or step aside)
