Road to Revolution 5.3 & 5.4

Sugar Acts

Apr 5, 1764

indirect tax
Duties on molasses and sugar

Stamp Act

Mar 22, 1765

tax on all paper products
If didn’t purchase= fined or jailed
Direct tax

Declaratory Act

Jul 18, 1765

Parliament said that they have the right to pass laws over colony in any case

Boston massacre

Mar 5, 1770

Crowd gathers and assaults soldiers, throwing snowballs and shouting insults
more soldiers arrive and colonists get more and more angry
they said fire if you dare

Tea act

May 10, 1773

BEIC sold tea directly to colonists at low prices
Taxed tea cheaper than smuggled tea

Boston Tea party

Dec 16, 1773

Members in Sons of Liberty dumped over 340 big boxes of tea in the Boston harbor
caused problems for loyalists

Quartering acts

Jul 24, 1774

The law required citizens to house soldiers.

Intolerable acts

Jul 31, 1774

passed as a punishment for the Boston tea party
Boston harbor was closed until all tea was payed for

First Continental congress

Sep 5, 1774

A meeting of delegates from 12 of the 13 British colonies, They met a deal with the intolerable acts. Georgia was the only colony that did not send a representative to the congress, they agreed to boycott the goods at first, if the parliament did not repeal the intolerable acts.

1000 red coats

Apr 1, 1775

General Gage bring 1000 red coats to Boston

Midnight ride of Paul revere

Apr 18, 1775

Paul revere warns the sons of liberty that the British is coming

Battles of Lexington and concord

Apr 19, 1775

it was the first battle of the revolutionary war
British victory

Second Continental Congress meet

May 10, 1775

print money
set up post office created continental Army by George Washington

Capture of fort Ticonderoga

May 10, 1775

Benedict Arnold and Ethan Allen captured the fort
America won

Battle of bunker Hill

Jun 16, 1775

They fought on Breeds hill
The British won
America ran out of bullets

Washington arrives on outskirts of Boston with Continental troops

Jul 15, 1775

they realizes men are disorganized
they realize they need weapons

' Common Sense"

Jan 10, 1776

pamphlet inspires more colonies to become patroits

Bitish Surrender Boston

Mar 17, 1776

Washington believes his army is ready and weapons arrive
Washington puts canons on Dorchester Heights overlooking Boston
American victory

Second Continental Congress meet again

Jun 15, 1776

they debate on declaring the independence
Thomas Jefferson in the main author of the paper

second Continental Congress votes for independance

Jul 2, 1776

The 13 colonies vote yes to declaring independence
56 delegates signed it

Declaration of Indipendance

Jul 4, 1776

The american revolution has begun