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Sugar Act
The Sugar Act was a tax on molasses and sugar importe by the colonists. It was made to help pay for a new army in North America that protected colonies from indian attacks. This act was purely to raise money. It was the first of its kind in the colonies -
Committies of Correspondance
The comitties of correspondance were formed to solve particular local problems. Samuel Adams formed a comitee in Massachusetts. They were also in the other 12 colonies. Often, once they solved the problem, they disbanded. The members got in touch with other colonies about how to challenge the newe British laws. -
The Stamp Act
The Stamp Act required colonists to pay for stamps whenever they bought paper items. This included legal documents, newsapers, playing cards, etc. soon, many protests began. One of these groups of protesters were the sons of liberty. The stamp Act was Britians attempt to find yet another way to tax the colonies. parliament eventually repealed the act in 1766. -
Sons of Liberty
The sons of liberty was a secret society formed by Samuel Dams to protest the Stamp Act. soemtimes, the Sons of liberty would use violence. The Sons of Liberty was formed in Boston. They are best known for undertaking the Boston Tea Party. Eventally though, their efforts helped cause he intolerable acts. -
Townshend Acts
The British Government passed the Townshend Acts, which were originated by charles townshend. The acts were formed because britian stll needed money to pay for the French and Indian war. They were passed after the Stamp Act was repealed. the Acts took place in he American colonies. to resist the taxes, colonists refused to pay. the taxesThey were designed to collect revenue from the colonists in America by putting customs duties on imports of glass, lead, paints, paper, and tea. -
Boston Massacre
The boston Massacre took place in Boston. The Boston Massacre was the killing of five colonists by British soldiers. The British were unwelcome in Massachusetts. A Patriot group began throwing sticks , stones, and other things at the British soldiers. This angerd the soldiers casuing them to shoot. The two british soldiers were eventually found guilty for man slaughter. This event was a signal for what was to come, the Revolutionary War. -
Tea Act
The Tea act was originally nt supposed to raise revenue. It was designed to prop up the East India Company which was doing bad financially and they had eighteen million pounds of unsold tea. The Tea was supposed to be sent to the Colonies. This angered the colonists becaused they believed it was another attemp to up taxes and hurt the merchants business. therefore, the colonists in philladelphia and New York turned the ships around. -
Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party took place in Massachusetts when patriots dressed as Indians boarded 3 ships and emptied 342 chests of tea into the Boston Harbor. In total, the Tea that was dumped into the Boston harbor would have been worth 1,000,000 dollars today. The Boston Tea Party led to the Intolerable Acts. -
1st Continental congress
the 1st continental Congresss was made up up of 55 delegates. all of th colonies were represeted except georgia. they met in reaction to the coerive acts. They all went o philladelphia where they cme up with a plan of action. -
Intolerable Acts
The Intoerable Acts were passed as a response to the Boston Tea Party. Some of the involed things were that only British ships could come in the Boston Harbor, the colonists had to feed and house British troops, British Ofiicals could not be tried in colonial courts, the British governer was in charge of all town meetings in Massachusetts, and the canadian borders were expanded. These Acts were passed by King George.
