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the sugar act
although it reduced the tax on molasses the sugar act was strictly enforced so colonist ended up paying more taxes. -
April 1765
those who opposed the British taxes called themselves patriots and the son of liberty was born with Sam Adams as its leader. -
quartering act
following the french and Indian war Britain maintained a standing army in the colonies. the quartering act required colonial assemblies to house and provision soldiers. -
the stamp act
the stamp act was the tax on printed items was the first direct tax on the colonists. it added a fee to printed materials such as legal documents and newspapers -
august 16th 1765
a mob led by the sons of liberty tore down the office and damaged the house of the stamp collector -
the declatory act
the declatory act repealed the stamp act but asserted parliament's right to rule the colonies as saw fit. -
march 5th 1770
a group of colonist hurled snowballs and rocks at British soldiers guarding the customs house, the soldiers fired into the crowd, killing five colonists -
the tea act
the tea act was created to save the east india tea company. although it lowered the price of tea, it gave the company a monopoly and threatened the business of colonial importers -
boston tea party
Boston patriots dressed as Indians boarded three British ships laden with tea and dumped the tea into the harbor -
january 1774
the intolerable act officially called the coercive acts these laws were meant to force Massachusetts to pay for the tea destroyed in the Boston tea party. the laws close Boston harbor and forced colonists to hose British soldiers in their homes. -
september 5th 1774
the first continental congress meets agree to boycott British goods -
july 1775
second continental congress meets. congress names George Washington commander of continental army -
march 1775
Patrick henry give his most famous speech in the house of burgesses give me liberty or give me death -
April 19 1775
battles of Lexington and concord -
june 17th 1775
battle of bunker hill -
january 9th 1776
Thomas Paine publishes common sense -
July 4th 1776
drafted by Thomas Jefferson the declaration of independence was approved -
oct 17th 1777
patriots win in saratoga -
February 6th 1778
France signs an alliance with the US -
may 1780
general Clinton captures 3000 patriot soldiers as he takes Charleston, south Carolina -
oct 19th 1781
general Cornwallis surrenders at Yorktown -
September 3rd 1783
the treaty of paris signed
