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indirect tax (out of sight = out of mind) duties on molasses and sugar -
local leader in boston
they believed thar parliament could not tax without the colonies permission "no taxation without representation" -
tax on all paper products
official stamp/seal on all paper items (poof tax was paid)
purchased only with valuable silver coins
if didn't purchase = fined or jailed
direct tax (in your face tax) -
boycott
parliament agrees to repeal (get rid of) the stamp act -
tax es on glass, lead, paints, paper, and tea
searched for smuggled goods -
shared ideas + info about the new british laws
-boycott
-propaganda- info to intentionally spread to harm/help cause -
passed in 1773 and allowed british east india company (BEIC) to sell tea directly to colonists
-lower prices than colonist merchant prices
- tax tea cheaper than smuggling = more tax money -
secret colonial society- protested stamp act
intimidated tax collectors -
members of sons of liberty dump over 340 chest of tea into boston harbor caused problems for loyalists/ tories
- loyalists/tory = a person in the colony who remain "loyal" to the king & and great britain -
passed to punish bosston for tea party
- boston harbor closed until tea paid for
- massachusetts charter cancelled -quartering required colonists to house soldiers
"if a soldier comes knocking at the door you're sleeping on the foor" general thomas gage became new governor of ma -
all colonies but georgia have representatives voted to send a "statement of grievances" voted to boycott all british trade patrick-va rep . urged -
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 TIME TO PART" - thomas paine, common sense -
general gage brings thousands of british soldiers to boston with more on the way -
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
1 battle of american revolutionary war
" shot heard round the world" ralph waldo
emerson battle of concord
british victory
battle of concord
americans stop british and force them to retreat back to boston
AMERICAN victory -
march 5, 1770: soldier strikes colonist
- crowd gathers and hassles soldier, throwing snowballs and shouting insults.
-more troops arrive, colonists get more and more angry
-"fire if you dare!' -
print
set up post office
created continetal army led by george washington
sent olive branch asking king to protect their rights
- king hires 30,000 hessiabs soldiers in response -
washington believes his army is ready & weapos arrive
washington puts cannons on dorchester heights overhead
british didn't fire on boston -
realizes men are disorganized & need discipline
need weapons -
debate on declaring independence
thomas jeffercon is the primary author of the document -
all 13 colonies vote yes on declaring independence -
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refusal by british goods
-colonies hoped to hurt britan's economy
-hoped it would convince parliament to lift the new taxes