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Boston Tea Party, Dec. 16th 1773

By joannajuxtapose

  • French and Indian War Ends

    French and Indian War Ends
    -British in debt
    -Tax colonies to offset debt
    -Tax amounts not great, but colonies had no one present in Parliment
    -NO TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION!
    -Treaty signed in Feb. (ignore date#)

  • Stamp Act Passed (By British)

    Stamp Act Passed (By British)
    -Effort to assuage war debts
    -British thought it was owed to them (after all, fighting happened in colonies)
    -Enrages colonies by taxing and requiring purchase and tax of every piece of paper (documents, even playing cards)

  • Boston Massacre

    Boston Massacre
    -Colonists protesting British occupation of Boston (started in 1768)
    -Conflicts between British looking for part-time work and laborers in Boston (small, competitive market for work)
    -British troops told to fix bayonets on crowd which had gathered
    -Red coats fired into crowd, killing a total of 5 unarmed men

  • Boston Tea Party

    Boston Tea Party
    -Sons of Liberty disguised as Mohawk Indians board the Dartmouth
    -Empty dozens of crates of British tea into Boston Harbor
    -Protesting taxation without representation in British parliament

  • Coersion Acts passed by Britsih Parliament AKA Intolerable Acts

    Coersion Acts passed by Britsih Parliament AKA Intolerable Acts
    -Passed in repsonse to colonists in Boston throwing "tea party"
    -Seen as insulting act of disobedience by British leaders
    -Several Parts to these acts, including:
    1. Boston Port Act-closed port of Boston until damges paid from lost tea (about $1 million U.S. dollars)
    2. Massachusettes Government Act- turned Governor's council into an appointed body
    3. Administration of Justice Act- made British officials immune to punishment in the entire state of Massachusettes
    4. Quartering Act
    5. Quebec Act

  • First Continental Congress Meets

    First Continental Congress Meets
    -Happened in Philadelphia
    -Began organizing a united resistance to British rule in colonies
    -Parliament hoped that the acts would cut Boston and New England off from the rest of the colonies (opposite happened, other cities came to aid Boston)

  • Common Sense Pamphlet Published

    Common Sense Pamphlet Published
    -Plain language appealed to many people living in colonies
    -First work to ask for independence from Britain
    -Anonymouos work at first, because he risked death for treason