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The Sugar Act
Let the British officials search any house, or boat that they wanted without a warrant. Cracked down on smuggling, so the colonists could not afford sugar for their tea, since the tax on it was increased heavily.
Significance- This made the colonists very upset and felt like the British didn't care about them. -
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Road to Revolution
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The Stamp Act
Taxed any sort of document being sent, and had to have a stamp to prove the tax was paid. This made colonists very upset as it personally affected them. This created the secret group called The Sons of Liberty, and then began to boycott British goods.
Significance- The Sons of Liberty were the first real group to begin to rebel against the British by boycotting their goods. -
Boston Massacre
During a tax protest, colonists started to throw snowballs, and rocks at the British guards outside of the Boston Customs House. No one knows who fired the first shot, but the guards opened fire on the crowd, killing five people.
Significance- This deeply separated the Colonists and Soldiers into an Us Vs. Them mentality. -
Boston Tea Party
Lord North passed the Tea Act to save the British East India company from going bankrupt. This meant the British merchants could sell to the colonists for a much lower price, but since the tea was cheaper, they felt like they were being insulted, by saying they couldn't afford the same tea the British had. Many Boston Rebels went to the docks at night on December 16, 1773. The Rebels were dressed as Native Americans and began to throw out 18,000 pounds of tea in the Boston Harbor. -
The Intolerable Acts
One law Forced the colonists to provide food, drink, and shelter to any British soldier, another law completely shut down the Boston Harbor, Boston was placed under Martial Law. This led to the first Committees of Correspondence meeting, and the forming of the “Minutemen” these were civilian soldiers that would be able to fight the British in a minutes notice.
Significance- This started the formation of a true Colonist military. This set up for Lexington and Concord Battle. -
Lexington and Concord
Paul Revere and some other men spread word the 700 British soldiers were coming towards them. 70 Minutemen set up a barrier, the British told them to leave now, or they were going to die. The British opened fire on them killing 8 of them. The rest retreated. They want to Concord and found a few more Minutemen and beat them. They started marching back, when 3-4 thousand Minutemen showed up and killed almost all of the British
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Battle of Bunker Hill
The colonist soldiers were holding their positions against 2,400 British soldiers, waiting for them to get close enough, and then began to slaughter almost all the British. The British lost 1000 men, while the colonists lost only 450.
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