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Events Leading to The American Revolution
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Sugar Act
The Sugar Act was a act that lowered tax on molasses but allowed officers to seize goods from smugglers without having to go to court. -
Stamp Act
The Stamp Act placed taxes on all printed materials. -
Boston Massacre
A fight broke out in Boston between British soldiers and Boston colonists. It started when colonists started throwing snow and chunks of ice at the soldiers. Then the soldiers opened fire on the colonists killing 5 colonists. -
Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party was when Boston colonists threw 342 barrels of tea into Boston Harbor as a sign to rebel against taxes. The men who threw the tea into the harbor where disguised as Mohawk Indians -
First Continental Congress
The First Continental Congress met in Philadelpia. 55 delegates met from all colonies exept from Georgia. John Adams, John Jay, Samuel Adams, Richard Henry Lee, and George Washington were all in attendnece. -
Battles of Lexington and Concord
The Battles of Lexington and Concord were fought between British Redcoats and Colonist Minutemen. The first shot fired at Lexington was known as "The shot heard 'round the world". -
The Second Continental Congress
The Second Continental Congress met in 1775. People who were there were John and Samuel Adams, Patrick Henry, Richard Henry Lee, George Washington, and Benjamin Franklin. -
Battle of Bunker Hill
The Battle of Bunker Hill took place near Boston Harbor. The British Colonel Prescott shouted the order "Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes". The British won the battle but suffered heavy losses -
Thomas Paine's Common Sense is published
Thomas Paine published his pamphlet Common Sense which encouraged the drive towards independence. -
The Declaration of Independence is signed
The Declaration of Independence made the United States of America its own independent nation
