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Sugar Act
Sugar Act of 1764 -Indirect tax (out of sight= out of mind)
-Duties on molasses and sugar -
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Stamp Act
Purchased only with valuable sliver coins
If didn’t purchase=fined or jailed
Protested Stamp Act, feeling rights were violated
Direct Tax
(in your face tax) -
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Declaratory Act
Declaratory Act
Parliament declares it has power to make laws for colonies “in all cases whatsoever”
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Boston Massacre
Colonists vs British Troops
Fights between troops and Bostonians were common
March 5, 1770: soldier strikes colonist BOSTON MASSACRE
-Crowd gathers and hassles soldiers, throwing snowballs and shouting insults.
-More troops arrive, colonists get more and more angry
- “Fire if you dare!”
Committees of Correspondence
Formed by Samuel Adams at the Stamp Act Congress
Shared ideas+ info about the new British laws
-Boycott -
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Tea Act
Tea Act(not a tax)
Passed in 1773 and allowed British East India
Company(BEC) to sell tea directly to colonists
-Lower Prices than colonist merchants
- Tax Tea cheaper than smuggled tea
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Boston Tea Party
Boston Tea PArty
Members of sons of liberty dump over 340
Chests of tea into Boston Harbor
Boston Harbor is a teapot tonight
Caused problems for loyalists / Tories
Loyalist/Tory = a person in the
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Intolerable Act
Intolerable Acts
Passed to punish Boston for Tea Party
Boston Harbor Closed until tea paid for
Massachusetts Charter canceled
Royal officials had trial in Britain
Quartering Act required colonists to house soldiers
If a soldier comes knocking at the door….
You’re sleeping on the floor
Large amount of land given in Quebec
General Thomas Gage became new governor of MA -
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Quartering Act
Quartering Act required colonists to house soldiers
If a soldier comes knocking at the door….
You’re sleeping on the floor
Large amount of land given in Quebec
General Thomas Gage became new governor of MA -
Continental Congress meet
Continental Congress Meets
All colonies but Georgia have representatives
Voted to send a “statement of grievances”
Voted to boycott all british trade
Patrick henry-VA rep. Urged colonists to unite against britain
Sept 5, 1774 (09/05/1774) -
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Road to Revelation
Continental Congress Meets
All colonies but Georgia have representatives
Voted to send a “statement of grievances”
Voted to boycott all British trade
Patrick Henry-VA rep. Urged colonists to unite against Britain
Sept 5, 1774 (09/05/1774) -
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1000's redcoats
1000’s of Redcoats in Boston
General Gage brings thousands of British
Soldiers to Boston with more on the way
April 1, 1775 (04/01/1775) -
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Midnight of Paul Revere
Midnight ride of Paul Revere
Paul Revere rides to warn the Sons of Liberty
In Lexington and Concord that the “British are coming… The British are coming…”
April 18 1775 (04/18/1775) -
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Battle of Lexington & Concord
Battle of Lexington & Concord
Battle of Lexington
1st battle of American Revolutionary War
“Shot heard round the world” - Ralph Waldo
Emerson
British Victory Battle of Concord-
Americans Stop British and force them to retreat back to Boston
April 19, 1775 (04/19/1775)
Capture of Fort Ticonderoga
Benedict Arnold & Ethan Allen capture the fort
Get all supplies in the fort including cannons
American Victory -
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Battle of Bunker Hill
May 10, 1775 (05/10/1775) BATTLE OF BUNKER HILL
Fought on breed’s farm
“Don’t fire until you see the whites of their eyes” William Prescott
^British victory (Americans ran out of ammunition) British learn defeating Americans would not be easy June 16,1775 (06/16/1775) -
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Second Continental Congress meet
Second Continental Congress meet
Print $$$$$
Set up post office
Created Continental Army led by George Washington
Sent Olive Branch asking King to protect their rights
King hires 30,000 Hessian's Soldiers in response
July 15, 1775 07/15/1775 -
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Common Sense
Common Sense published by Thomas Price
Pamphlet inspires more colonists to become patriots
Everything that is right or reasonable pleads for separation the blood of the slain the weeping voice of nature cries, tis time to part- Thomas Price common sense
January 10,1776 01/10/1776
Second Continental Congress meet again -
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British Surrender Boston
British Surrender Boston
Washington believes his is ready & weapons arrive
Washington puts cannons on Dorchester heights overlooking boston
British retreat- American Victory
March,17,1776 03/17/1776 -
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Debate for Independence
June 15, 1776 06/15/1776
Debate on declaring independence
Thomas Jefferson is the primary author the document -
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Second Continental Congress
Second Continental Congress votes for independence July 2, 1776 07/02/1776 -
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Declaration of Independence
Declaration of Independence is signed July 4, 1776 07/04/1776