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Sugar Act
there was tax on foreign made molasses hoping that colonists would pay rather taxes rather than risk arrest by smuggling in the sugar trade, and it provided funding for the British empire. Colonial merchants complained that this act reduced their profits. -
Stamp Act
The British imposed a tax on printed items like newspapers and playing cards. It was the first tax that affected the colonists directly because goods and services were taxed. -
Boston Massacre
Rhode island colonists attacked British soldiers because of the Townsend acts and stamp acts causing a heavy tax on items. The significance of this event is that the colonists were showing rebellion against the British. -
Boston Tea Party
The colonists were tired of the British selling them tea that was not good and heavily taxed. The colonists showed rebellion against the British taxes by disguising themselves as Native Americans attacking 3 British tea ships and dumping them all into the harbor. -
Intolerable Acts
Britain made new rules that shut down the Boston harbor, housed British soldiers in vacant homes, and placed Boston under martial law. The colonists’ response was to form the First Continental Congress and made a declaration of colonial rights. This showed rebellion from the colonies because they showed Britain that they can handle making their own laws and having rights. -
Fighting at Lexington & Concord
British soldiers marched to Lexington, and attacked the colonists. After defeating the colonists at Lexington, the British marched to Concord, where more colonists had gathered to defeat the British soldiers. The significance of this event is that the colonists had become enemies of the British from this battle. -
Second Continental Congress
Some colonists had called for reconciliation with Britain, while others called for independence from britain. Even with these disagreements, they agreed to name the colonial militia as the Continental Army, and George Washington was the leader.
