Revolutionary Tweets

By Arianna and Melangel

  • Stamp Act

    Stamp Act:
    3/22/1763 - Prime Minister George Grenville made a new law. Now colonists gotta pay more money because they got a debt from the war. The colonists don’t want this! #getburiedalivetaxcollectors

  • Proclamation of 1763

    Proclamation of 1763:
    10/7/1763 - K.G.3 drew a line down the mountains and now we can’t cross! He doesn’t want dead colonists and Indians! Arguments because of the use of government power. #beattheirturkeyeatinbutts

  • The Quarting Act

    5/3/1765
    Omg i just found out that the colonist were told to furnish shoulders. With candles, firing , bedding , cooking utensils , salt , vinegar and bearer of cider.#that’s bogus.
    very shocking and amazed that they did this.
    the law acted for the british troops with quarters.

  • The Townshend Act

    june 15 - july 2 1767 Omg I just found out that the colonist were told to furnish shoulders. With candles,firing,bedding,cooking utensils,salt,vinegar,and bearer of cider.#that's bogus.

  • Boycott of british goods

    10/28/1767- OMG the british taxes are just so lame that my friends and neighborhood are gonna boycott so they won't receive any money you guys should join me am i right? #Boycott #rebels

  • The Boston Massecre

    3/5/1770- OMG Army soldiers shot and killed people while under intense attack by a mob. I can't believe this! Incident on King Street By the British. #BostonMassacre #Scary

  • Boston Tea Party

    12-16-1773 - The Sons of Liberty literally just stole a boat. They dumped all of our tea In the ocean all because they thought that they weren’t getting taxed right.We are so mad. #DEVASTATING

  • The Intolerable Acts

    March 24 1774 - The Intolerable Acts were passed to punish the Massachusetts colonists for their acts of The British Tea Party. The colonists then collected a rebellion to drive out the British Troops

  • The Colonies Form Militias

    7/18/1774 - Patriots,Local Militias,and Minuteman.This happened to enforce the boycott.They got mad and decided to bring the two sides to the brink of war.

  • The First Continental Congress

    9/1774 - I just came from The First Continental Congress meeting.There was 49 other people there at the meeting.They had the meeting to bring states together. We agreed to meet again.

  • The First Blow at Lexington

    The Second Blow at Concord
    April 1775 A spy for general gage told him that the colonists were hiding a supply of weapons and gunpowder in the village of concord, so he sent 700 troops to strike at once. On the same day as Lexington the colonist jumped the redcoats and killing the colonist leader Captain Isaac Davis but the colonist killing 74 and wounding 200 by themselves.