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Sugar Act
- Indirect taxation
- Duties on molasses and sugar
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Stamp Act
- Tax on all paper products
- Official stamp/ seal on all paper items (proof tax was paid)
- purchased only with valuable silver coins
- If didn't purchase = fined or jail
- DIRECT TAX
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Declaratory Act
- added when stamp act repealed
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Townshend Act
- Taxes on glass, lead, paint, paper and tea
- Searched for smuggled goods
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The Boston Massacre
The red coats fired on the protesting crowd, after they insulted them. The colonists said "fire if you dare." Protesters had rocks, fruit, and snowballs. The red coats had guns. -
Tea Act
- Allowed British East India Company (BEIC)
- Lower prices than colonists merchant prices
- Tax tea cheaper than smuggled tea
- Less smuggled = more tax money
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Boston Tea Party
-Members of Sons of Liberty dump over 340 chests of tea into Boston Harbor
- Caused Problems with loyalists / Tories -
Intolerable Act
- punishment for the Boston Tea Party.
- Boston Harbor closed until tea was paid for
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The Quartering Act
The Quartering was when the British Parliament had passed a series of measures primarily aimed at raising revenue from the British colonies in America. -
First Continental Congress
- All but Georgia voted to boycott all loyalist businesses
- Patrick Henry - VA rep. urged colonists to unite against Britain
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1000's of Redcoats in Boston
- General Gage brings thousands of British soldiers to Boston with more on the way.
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Midnight ride of Paul Revere
Paul Revere rides to warn the Sons of Liberty in Lexington and Concord that the "British are coming... The British are coming" -
Battle of Lexington
LEXINGTON
- 1st Battle of American Revolutionary War
- "shot heard around the world" - Ralph Waldo Emerson
- BRITISH victory -
Battle of Concord
CONCORD
- Americans Stop British and them to retreat back to Boston
- AMERICAN victory -
Capture of Fort Ticonderoga
- Benedict Arnold & Ethan Allen capture the fort
- Get all supplies in the fort including cannons
- AMERICAN victory
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The Second Continental Congress
- They printed money
- Set up in post office
- Created Continental Army led by George Washington
- Sent Olive Branch asking King to protect their rights
- King hires 30,000 Hessians (Germans) Soldiers in response
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Battle of Bunker Hill
- Fought on Breed's Hill
- "Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes" - William Prescott
- BRITISH victory (Americans ran out of ammunition) British learn defeating Americans would NOT be easy
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Washington Arrives on Outskirts of Boston with Continental Troops
- Realizes men are disorganized & need discipline
- They need weapons
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"Common Sense" by Thomas Paine
- His pamphlet encouraged many colonists to join the movement
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British Surrender Boston
- Washington believes his army is ready & weapons arrive
- Washing puts cannons on Dorchester
- BRITISH RETREAT - AMERICAN VICTORY
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Second Continental Congress Meet Again
- Debate on declaring independence
- Thomas Jefferson is the primary author of the document
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Second Continental Congress Votes for Independence
- All colonies (New York voted later) vote YES on declaring Independence