Events leading up to the Declaration of Independence.

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  • Stamp act

    Stamp act
    Under the Stamp Act, all printed materials and commercial documents as well as printed material including, newspapers, pamphlets, bills, legal documents, licenses, almanacs, dice and playing cards, were taxed and had to carry a special stamp.

  • repels stamp act

  • boston masacre

    boston masacre
    The Boston Massacre
    When and where did it happen?
    March 5, 1770, Boston Massachusetts
    What happened?
    Colonist picked a fight with the British “Red Coats” and caused a gun fight where 5 People were killed
    Why did it happen?
    Supposedly the colonist threw snow balls and ice at the British “Red Coats” and teased and mocked them. It is not sure which side started firing there guns.
    What happened as a result?
    5 people were killed it caused even more tension between the colonist and the British

  • boston tea party

    boston tea party
    East india company monopoly put a tax on importing tea. They rather pay the tax then go with out the tea. In about three hours from the time we went on board, we had thus broken and thrown overboard every tea chest to be found in the ship, while those in the other ships were disposing of the tea in the same way, at the same time. We were surrounded by British armed ships, but no attempt was made to resist us.

  • intolerable acts

    intolerable acts
    Intollerable ActsWhen and where did it happen?
    The Intolerable (Coercive) Acts was a name used to describe a series of laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774 relating to Britain's colonies in North America.What happened?
    The acts triggered outrage and resistance in the Thirteen Colonies that later became the United States, and were important developments in the growth of the American Revolution.

  • battle at lexington

    battle at lexington
    Battles of Lexington & ConcordWhen and where did it happen?
    They were fought on April 19, 1775, in Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay, within the towns of Lexington, Concord, Lincoln, Menotomy (present-day Arlington), and Cambridge, near Boston. What happened?
    The first shots starting the revolution were fired at Lexington, Massachusetts. On April 18, 1775, British General Thomas Gage sent 700 soldiers to destroy guns and ammunition the colonists had stored in the town of Concor.