road to revolution

sugar act

Apr 5, 1764

indirect tax (out of sight = out of mind) duties on molasses and sugar

samuel adams

May 5, 1764

local leader in boston
they believed thar parliament could not tax without the colonies permission "no taxation without representation"

stamp act

Mar 22, 1765

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)

repealing stamp act

Mar 18, 1766

boycott
parliament agrees to repeal (get rid of) the stamp act

townshend acts

Jun 29, 1767

tax es on glass, lead, paints, paper, and tea
searched for smuggled goods

committees of correspondence

Oct 2, 1772

shared ideas + info about the new british laws
-boycott
-propaganda- info to intentionally spread to harm/help cause

tae act (not a tax)

May 10, 1773

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

sons of liberty

Dec 16, 1773

secret colonial society- protested stamp act
intimidated tax collectors

boston tea party

Dec 16, 1773

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

intolerable acts

Mar 31, 1774

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

first continental congress

Sep 5, 1774

all colonies but georgia have representatives voted to send a "statement of grievances" voted to boycott all british trade patrick-va rep . urged

common sense" published by thomas paine

Jan 10, 1775

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

1,000's of redcoats in boston

Apr 1, 1775

general gage brings thousands of british soldiers to boston with more on the way

midnight ride of paul revere

Apr 18, 1775

paul revere rides to warn the sons of liberty in lexington and concord that the "british are coming ... the british are coming.."

battes of lexington & concord

Apr 19, 1775

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

colonists vs british troops

Apr 19, 1775

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!'

the second contiental congress

May 10, 1775

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

british surrender boston

May 17, 1775

washington believes his army is ready & weapos arrive
washington puts cannons on dorchester heights overhead
british didn't fire on boston

washington arrives on outskirts of boston with continental troops

Jul 15, 1775

realizes men are disorganized & need discipline
need weapons

second continental congress meet again

Jun 15, 1776

debate on declaring independence
thomas jeffercon is the primary author of the document

second continental congerss votes for indepedence

Jul 2, 1776

all 13 colonies vote yes on declaring independence

the declaration of independence is signed

Jul 4, 1776

boycott

Dec 5, 1955

refusal by british goods
-colonies hoped to hurt britan's economy
-hoped it would convince parliament to lift the new taxes