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Indirect tax
tax on molasses and sugar -
required colonists to house soldiers without their consent -
paper products taxed
stamp proved that tax was paid
Legal documents
Licenses
Newspapers
Pamphlets
Playing cards -
Parliament has the power to make laws in all cases what so ever
Parliament thinks this will save face -
Tax on glass, lead, paints, paper, and tea
British started to search for smuggled goods whenever they want
Sons of liberty getting violent -
Crowd throwing and yelling at soldiers
When more troops arrive the colonists get angry
They tell the soldiers to fire if they dare -
allowed British east India company to sell directly to the colonists
lower prices than colonist merchant prices
tax tea cheaper than when it is smuggled
less smuggling = more tax money -
Sons of liberty members dump 340 chests of tea into Boston harbor
Caused problems for loyalists/Tories -
They were passed to punish the colonists for the Boston Tea Party
harbor closed till tea was paid for
Massachusetts charter canceled -
A meeting of delegates from 12 of the 13 colonies. The dealt with the intolerable acts. Georgia was the only colony that didn't send a delegate. They decided to boycott British goods. -
Thousands of soldiers are brought to Boston with more coming -
Paul Revere rides to warn of the British
"The British are coming... The British are coming..." -
Lexington
1st battle of the revolutionary war
Known for the shot heard around the world(-Ralph Waldo Emerson)
Concord
Americans force a British retreat back to Boston -
Benedict Arnold & Ethan Allen capture the fort
They gather all the supplies from the fort
American Victory -
Benjamin Franklin(set up the post office),John Hancock(The president of Second continental congress meeting),Thomas Jefferson(32)
A continental army is being formed
Leader is George Washington
Britain denies petition and hires 30,000 hessian soldiers
Americans strike first -
Fought on Breeds hill
“Don’t Fire until you see the whites of their
eyes” - William Prescott
British victory when Americans run out of ammo
Defeating the Americans would not be easy was learned -
Washington realizes that the men are disorganized and lacked discipline
They need weapons(cannons)
March 1776 decided that the men were ready and moved into position overlooking Boston -
Pamphlet inspires more colonists to become patriots
Every thing that is right or reasonable pleads for separation. The blood of the slain, the weeping voice of nature cries, tis the time to part - Thomas Paine, common sense -
Washington believes his army is ready
gets cannons ready overlooking Boston
British retreat for a american victory -
Debate on declaring independence
Thomas Jefferson is the primary author of the document(declaration of independence) -
All 13 colonies vote yes on declaring independence
John Hancock was the first person to sign
56 signed in all -
4 major parts
John Hancock signed first
56 signed in all
New nation