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Stamp Act
Tax introduced on legal documents to pay for defense of colonies. -
End of Stamp Act
Stamp act repealed after merchants protesting due to their goods not being bout and officials being threatened. -
Townsend Acts
Tax on products colonies needed; glass,lead, paints, paper,and tea -
Boston Massacre
5 colonists killed after mob on one lone guard. The guard had called for help, someone shouted "fire" & British men shot down 5 colonists. -
Tea Act
British lowered the price of tea extremely. Led to the Boston Tea Party -
Boston Tea Party
colonists dressed as natives stormed into the Boston harbor and dumped 23 thousand pounds of tea into the harbor. British ships were burned. -
Gaspée Affair
A british warship, named the Gaspée, burned, and the captain was terribly wounded -
First Continental Congress
Brought together Representatives from each colony, except Georgia, to discuss their response to the British "Intolerable Acts". -
Intolerable Acts
- King closed Boston harbour to everything but British ships he sent lots of British troops to Boston. the colonists had to house and feed the troops. (if the colonists didn't do this, they would be shot)
- British officials could only be tried in Britain for crimes, which left the british free to do whatever they wanted in the colonies .
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Battle of Lexington and Concord
Colonists send troops to Boston, 1st shots were fired for the revolution. -
Battle of Bunker Hill
British troops sent to the fort were shot down one by one, even though the americans had close to no powder, and the british were down by half their men -
2nd Continental Congress
Delegates of the 13 colonies gathered in Phladelphia and sent an olive branch to King George. -
Tom Paine's "Common Sense"
A book published about republicanism & independence -
Declaration of Independence
50 men signed the declaration of freedom from Britain
