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Navigational Acts limited what the colonists could receive from other countries. Put rules on raw materials traded out of the colonies. -
The Sugar Acts were indirect tax on sugar and other products but mostly sugar. -
Stamp Acts were tax on all paper products and the government also made it so where every time you bought a paper product you would get a stamp on it to prove tax was paid. -
The Declaratory Act were rules saying that Parliament had the right to rule and tax colonies. -
Townshend Acts were taxes on glass, lead, paper, paint, and tea. -
The Boston Massacre was originally a protest made by the citizens of Boston when it turned violent after the citizens started throwing objects at the redcoats so they started shooting. -
The Tea Act were rules that passed allowing the BEIC to sell tea directly to colonist. -
The Boston Tea Party was not actually a tea party it was members of Sons of Liberty dumping over 340 chest of tea into the Boston Harbor. -
Intolerable Acts were laws passed so people could be punished for the Boston Tea Party. -
The Quartering Act were laws that passed allowing soldiers to sleep in colonist homes. -
The First Continental Congress was a meeting of 12 of the 13 British Colonies, that made a deal with the Intolerable Acts. -
General Gage brought 1000's of soldiers into Boston. -
Revere rides to the Sons of Liberty to warn them that the redcoats are coming. -
The battle of Lexington was the first battle of the American Revolutionary War, the British came out victorious. In The Battle of Concord the Americans won against the British and forced them to retreat back to Boston. -
Benedict Arnold and his partner Ethan Allen manage to capture Fort Ticonderoga for tons of supplies and cannons. -
At the Second Continental Congress they printed money. They also set up a post office. They also created a Continental Army led by George Washington. This sent Olive Branch asking the King to protect their rights, in response the King hired 30,000 soldiers. -
The battle was fought on Breed's Hill. The British won because of the American's lack of ammunition. The British were victorious. -
When George Washington arrives he realizes the men in Boston are disorganized and need discipline, and weapons. -
The pamphlets inspire more colonists to become patriots. A quote in the book is "Every thing that is right or reasonable pleads for separation. The blood of the slain, the weeping voice of nature cries, ‘TIS TIME TO PART.” -Thomas Paine. -
George Washington believes in his men and that they are ready and luckily weapons arrive. Washington sets up cannons on the Dorchester heights to overlook Boston. They British retreat resulting into an American victory! -
The whole thing was a debate declaring independence. Thomas Jefferson was the primary author of the document. -
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A.K.A the Fourth of July.