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Sugar Act of 1764
The sugar act was the start of the american revolution.What it did was two things, the first was decreasing the tax on sugar, molasses, and rum, but the point of the law was to enforce paying taxes to the british government, by stopping smuggling. This was a start, because the america has not paid taxes in one hundred years, nor had much help from the government, nor had clear, protected, rights, all without representation in parliament. -
The Stamp Act of 1765
This was the next domino in the american revolution, because of the tax, on almost everything paper. This was just another tax to add on to the reason and set in motion more important events. -
The creation of the sons of liberty, in 1765.
In protest to the previous acts this group made itself to protest British rule, using their motto “No taxation without representation” to first rebel. Their organization was formerly banded together using smaller like-minded groups, like The Boston Caucus Club and The Loyal nine. -
The Quartering Act of 1765
This was the next act that got passed which made it, so that people in the thirteen colonies had to house soldiers in inns, big private(rich citizens) houses, ale houses, and all victualling house. After all house where filled, colonies were required to make fit for the people, such as no uninhabited houses, barns, and others shall be needed. -
Boston Massacre
In 1770, after highly risen tension was a shooting on public people, by british soldiers. This happened during a protest where potentially unarmed civilians got shot in on, at least in the colonies, in british eyes, they shot at people that threw rocks at them. Now we will never know the truth, but to understand both sides fucher reactions, considering the time period, this is how they perceived the event. Now with four(known) dead and seven wounded a day after, this left people in dismay. -
The tea act of 1773
This act would do two major things. This first part holds significant reason, in building the tensions between the colonist and the british, because it award commision agents a monopoly on selling tea in colonies, a major seller. With the last part it gave legal permission to have companies not land in england ports and ship it right to the colonies. This has those companies paying less taxes, which britain was try to collect from the colonist. -
The Boston Tea Party
The Boston tea party was the colonist response to every prior that the British did. Colonist dumped 342 chest of tea into the harbor was their was of protest, losing more than million dollars in tea. Lead by John Adams, a member of the Sons of Liberty. This had a snowball effect, making the British close down all of Boston’s harbors, by a blockade, until Boston pays and unloads all the tea destroyed. The British responded with a coercive act. -
The Coercive act
This act had many effects for Massachusetts. One being the closing of the boston harbor, with the stipulations mentioned before. On top of that, the british removed all judicial authority to british judges, with created marshal law for Massachusetts, they also removed Mass. Lastly the extended the Quartering act to have people house soldiers in their private houses. This developed a second, less known, boston tea party which help the tend grow in other colonies. See slide show this was to long. -
The battle of Lexington and Concord
Lexington and Concord orgianly happened, because of the british thought they were seizing ammunition and guns. Paul revere's rider’s warned them about it. This helped people arrive on the way of the british path to buy time for them to hide the arms cache. What happened ultimately, was a fight that caused the british to run and fight another day. The effects of this unofficially started the revolution, by taking the rebellion into a war. -
The second continental congress
The second continental congress was held in philadelphia, to discuss the british treat. Multiple events happened during this meeting at had major effects. They first started by making a continental army, with George Washington being it’s leader. Then later that next year the “Declaration of Independence” was signed, officially splitting and starting a war with Britain, the document was written by Thomas Jefferson and edited by his peers -
The Declaration of Independence
This is what full involved the thirteen colonies into the revolution and officially started the war. The first part of the document was about what america believes in, setting up why their leaving. The second part is about all the grievances the people say their leaving for. Then the last part was the abolition of all british rule in the thirteen colonies.