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sugar act
indirect tax(of of sight =out of mind)
duties on molasses and sugar smuggling
British crackdown on smuggling of goods smugglers
enforced by writs of assistance (search warrant) -
stamp act
purchased only with value silvers coins if didn't purchase=fined or jailed protester stamp act, feeling rights were violated direct tax -
Quaterin act
when soldiers come into your house and sleep in your bed -
declaratory act
parliament declares it has power to make laws for colonies in all cases whatsoever
parliament passes this to save face -
towshend act
taxes on glass.lead,paints,paper,and tea
searched for smuggled goods
sons of liberty start to do violents acts
British solders arrive protect tax collectors
colonist anger -
boston massacre
the crowd gathers and hassles soldiers ,throwing snowballs and shouting insults.
More troops arrive, the colonists get more and more angry.
"Fire if you dare!" -
Tea Act
Passed in 1773 and allowed British East India Company to sell directly to colonists -
Boston tea party
members of sons of liberty dump over 30 chests of tea into Boston harbor
Boston harbor is a teapot tonight
caused problem for loyalist/Tories
loyal/troy= a person in the colony who remains "loyal' to the king and great Britain -
Intolerable Acts
Passed to punish Boston for Tea Party -
continental congress meets
All colonies but Georgia have representatives
voted to send a "statement of grievances
voted to boycott all British trade
Patrick Henry-Va rep.urged colonists to unite against Britain -
1,000's of redcoats in boston
general Gage brings out thousands of British soldiers to Boston with more on the way -
Midnight Ride of Paul Revere
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 & Concord
Battle of Lexington
1st Battle of American Revolutionary War
"shot heard round the world" - Ralph Waldo Emerson
British Victory
Battle of Concord
Americans Stop British and force them to retreat back to Boston -
Capture of Fort Ticonderoga
Benedict Arnold & Ethan Allen capture the fort
Get all supplies in the fort including cannons
AMERICAN Victory -
Second Continental Congress
Print $$$
Set up post office created Continental Congress Army led by George Washington
Sent Olive Branch asking King to protect their right
King hires 30,000 Hessians Soldiers in response -
battle of bunker hill
fought on breed's hill
dont fire until you see the whites of their eyes' -William Prescott
British victory (Americans ran out of ammunition) British learn defeating Americans would Not be easy -
Washington arrives at Boston with Continental Troops
Realizes men are disorganized & need discipline
Need Weapons -
Common Sense
Pamphlet inspires more colonists to become patriots
"Everything 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 -
British Surrender Boston
Washington believes his army is ready & weapons arrive Washington puts cannons on Dorchester Heights overlooking Boston
British retreat - AMERICAN Victory -
2nd Continental congress
debate on declaring Independence Thomas Jefferson is the primary author of the document -
Votes for Independence
The Second Continental Congress, assembled in Philadelphia, formally adopts Richard Henry Lee's resolution for independence from Great Britain. -
Declaration of Independence
There 56 signers on the Declaration of Independence