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Sugar Act
Duties on molasses and sugar -
Quaerting act
Requird colonists to house soldiers -
Stamp Act
Tax on all paper products -
Declatory Act
Parliament passes this to save face -
Townshend Acts
Taxes on glass,lead,paints,paper and tea -
Boston massacre
It wasnt really a massacre because only 5 people died -
Tea Act
Passed in 1773 and allowed the British East India Company (BFIC) to sell tea directly to colonists. -
Boston tea party
Members of the sons of liberty dumped over 340 chests of tea into the boston harbor -
Intolerable act
Boston Harbor closed until tea paid for -
First Continental Congress
All colonies but georgia have repersenitives -
Continental Congress meets
All colonies but Georgia have repersentatives
voted to send a statement of grievances
Voted to Boycott all British Trade
Patrick Henry-rep. urged colonists to unite against Britian. -
1000 red coats
General gage brings thousands of British soldiers to Boston with more on the way -
Midnight ride with paul rivere
The british are coming -
Battles of lexington and concord
1st Battle of Revolutionary War -
Fort Ticonderoga
Benedict Arnold and Ethan Allen capture the fort -
Second Continental Congress
Printed money and set up a post office -
Battle of bunker hill
Fought on breeds hill Dont fire until you see the whites of their eyes -
Washington arrives at Boston with Continental Troops
Realizes men are disorganized and need dicipline -
Votes for Independence
The Declaration of Independence is signed -
Common Sense
pamphlet inspires more colonists to become patriots -
British Surrender Boston
Washington beleives his army is ready and waepons arrive -
2nd Continental Congress
Debate on declaring independence