Road to Revolution

By JulianaH

  • Sugar act

    • Indirect tax ( out of sight = out of mind)
    • Duties on molasses and sugar

  • Stamp act

    • Tax on all paper products
    • official stamp/seal on all paper items ( proof tax was paid )
    • ( in your face tax )

  • Declaratory act

    • Parliament declares it has power to make laws for the colonies .
    • Parliament passes this to save face .

  • Townshed act

    • Taxes on glass, lead, paints, paper and tea
    • searched for smuggled goods .

  • Tea act

    • Allowed British east India Company to sell tea directly to the colonies .
    • Tax tea cheaper than smuggled tea .
    • less smuggling = more tax money .

  • Boston Tea Party

    • Members of Sons of Liberty dump over 340 chests of tea into Boston Harbor .
    • Caused problems for loyalists/ tories

  • Intolerable acts

    -Passed to punish Britain for tea party
    - Boston Harbor closed until tea paid for
    - Massachusetts Charter cancelled

  • Quatering act

    • required colonists to house soldiers
    • " if a soldier comes knocking on your door... your sleeping on the floor ."

  • First Continetal Congress

    The First Continental Congress was a meeting of delegates from 12 of the 13 British Colonies, that met to deal with the Intolerable Acts. Georgia was the only colony that did not send a representative to the Congress. They agreed to boycott British goods at first, if Parliment would not repeal the Intolerable Acts. Patrick Henry- VA rep. urged colonists to unite against Britain .

  • British Surrender Boston

    • Washington believes his army is ready & weapons arrive .
    • Washington puts cannons on Dorchester heights overlooking Boston .
    • British retreat- American Victory

  • 1,000's of Redcoats in Boston

    General Gage brings 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. "

  • Battles of Lexington & Concord

    Battle of Lexington -
    - 1st battle of the 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
    - American Victory

  • Capture of Fort Ticonderoga

    • Benedict Arnold & Ethan Allen capture the fort
    • Get all supplies in the fort Including cannons
    • American Victory

  • Second Continental Congress meet

    • Print $$$$ .
    • Set up post office .
    • Created Continental Army led by George Washington .
    • Sent Olive Branch asking King to protect their rights.
    • King hires 30,000 hessian Soldiers in response .

  • Battle of Bunker Hill

    • Fought on Breed's Hill
    • " Don't 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 .

  • " Common Sense" published by Thomas Paine

    • Pamphlet inspires 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 .

  • Second Continental Congress meet again

    • Debate on declaring independence
    • Thomas Jefferson is the primary author of the document .

  • Second Continental Congress votes for independence

    • All 13 colonies vote YES on declaring independence .

  • The Declaration of Independence is signed !