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1774 BCE
intolerable act
Intolerable act
Passed to punish boston for tea for tea party
-boston harbor closed until tea paid for
-massachusetts charter cancelld
-quartering act required colonists to house soldiers
If a soldier comes knocking at the door…
You’re sleeping on the floor
-genral thomas gage becomes new governor of MA -
1767 BCE
townshend act
Townshend acts Taxes on glass, lead, paint, paper, or tea
Shearched for smuggled goods -
sugar act
Sugar act of 1764
-Indirect tax ( out of sight = out of mind
- duties on molasses and sugar -
stamp act
Stamp act tax on all paper products official stamps/seal on all paper items (proof tax was paid) Purchased only with valuable silver coins if didnt purchase = fined or jailed
Direct tax
-(in your face tax) -
Repealing stamp act
Repealing stamps act
Boycott
Parliament agrees to repeal (git rid of) the stamp act -
boston masucarue
Colonist vr british troops
March 5, 1770 soldier strikes colonist
-crowd gather and hassles soldier, thowing snowballs and shouting insults
-more troops arrive, colonist get more and more angry
-fire if you dare -
tea act
Intolerable act
Passed to punish boston for tea for tea party
-boston harbor closed until tea paid for
-massachusetts charter cancelld
-quartering act required colonists to house soldiers
If a soldier comes knocking at the door…
You’re sleeping on the floor
-genral thomas gage becomes new governor of MA -
Boston Tea Party
Members of sons of liberty dump over 340 chests of tea into the Boston harbor
caused a problem -
first continetal congress meets
All colonies but georgia have representatives
voted to send a statement of grievance
voted to boycott all british trade
patrick henry - va rep. urged
colonists to unite against bitish -
First continental
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capture of fort Ticonderoga
Benedict Arnold and Ethan Allen capture the fort
get all supplies in the fort including cannons
AMERICAN victory -
1,000's of road coats 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 lexinton and concord that the british are coming the british are coming -
battle of lexington and concord
battle of Lexington
-1st battle of american revolutionary war
-shot heard round the world -Ralh Wlido Emerson
- BRITISH Victory
battle of concord
amerian stop british and force them to retreat back to boston
AMERICAN Victory -
the second continental
they printed money
set up a post office
Made The army led by George Washington
sent olive branch asking the king to protect their rights
king hires 30,000 Hessians soldiers in response -
battle of bunker hill
fought on bunker hill
don't fire until you see the whites of thier eyes -William Prescott -
washington arrives on out skirts of boston with continental troops
realizes men are disorganized and need discipline
need weapons -
common sense published by thomas paine
pamphlet inspires more 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 -
British surrender Boston
Washington believes his army is ready and weapons arrive
Washington puts cannons on Dorchester Hieghts overlooking Boston
BRITISH retreat -AMERICAN Victory -
second continental congress meets again
debate on declaring independence
thomas jefferson in the primary author of the document -
second continetal congress votes for independence
all 13 colonies vote yes on declaring independence -
the declaration of independence
FIRE WORRRRRRRRKKKKKKKSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!