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Sons of Liberty
Google Doc The Sons of Liberty were organized in New York during the 1760s, largely in response to the oppressive Stamp Act passed by the British Parliament in 1765. -
Stamp Act Congress
Google Doc The Stamp Act Congress met in the city on October 19 of that year: a gathering of representatives from across the thirteen colonies that set the stage for the continental congress to follow. -
The New York Restraining Act
Google DocSeveral acts placed upon the colonist of The new York Colony. The province of Massachusetts Bay was in a state of crisis following the passage of the Coercive Acts in 1774. When colonists formed the extra-legal Massachusetts Provincial Congress and began organizing militia units independent of British control, Parliament responded on February 9, 1775, by declaring that Massachusetts was in a state of rebellion. -
"Save Your Money, Save Your Country"
Google DocIn the fall of 1767, Massachusetts and the American colonies are near another severe financial depression. Trade is slow, and colonists are importing more from Britain than they are exporting. This unfavorable balance of trade is depleting the colonies of hard currency. Everyone from farmers to merchants to sailors is vulnerable to debt. In October selectmen at the Boston Town Meeting propose thrift and frugality as a solution to citizens' money woes. -
Violators of the Non-Importation Agreement
Google Doc The colonists responded to the Townshend Duties on paper, paint, glass, and tea with a series of non-importation agreements. Similar to the actions taken to protest the Stamp Act several years before, non-importation was designed to adversely affect English merchants. The merchants, in turn, would again use their influence with the British government to repeal the duties. As you can imagine, non-importation hurt some colonists more than others. It was therefore difficult commince an agreement. -
Battle of Golden Hill
Google doc The Battle of Golden Hill was a calsh between British soldiers and colonists that occured on January 19, 1770 in New York City. Along with the Boston Massacre and the Gaspee Affair, the event was one of the early violent incidents in what would become the American Revolution. Isaac Sears and some others tried to stop some soldiers from posting handbills. -
New York- New Jersey Line war
Google DocNew York New Jersey Line war was the arguement over the New York-New Jersery borded which was 210,000 acers of land.The conflict was eventually settled. The King of Great Britain through the royal commission of 7 October 1769 appointed commissioners to establish what would become the permanent and final border that runs southeast from the confluence of the Delaware and Neversink Rivers near Port Jervis to the Hudson River. The New York and New Jersey legislatures ratified the compromise in 1772 -
The messenger
Google DocOn April 23, 1775, a messenger from Boston arrived in New York with urgent news. After years of growing conflict between Britain and her American colonies, bloody battles had finally broken out, at Lexington and Concord, Massachusetts. The American Revolution had started! New York patriots promptly seized control of City Hall and the Customs house. -
The Battle of Long Island
Google DocThe battle of Long Island was also known as The Battle of Brooklyn. On March 17, 1776 General George Washington marched his soilders back into Washington, knowing that General Howe and his army was headed towards New York. Washington didn't want Howe to capture New York because he would take control over the Hudson river and divide the northern and southern colonies. -
Declaration of Independence
Google DocNew York endorsed the Declaration of Independence on July 9, 1776. The New York state constitution was framed by a convention which assembled at White Plains, New York on July 10, 1776, when the new constitution drafted by John Jay was adopted with but one dissenting vote
