the american revolution

• In response to the Stamp Act, the Continental Congress organized boycotts against British goods and called on Americans to refuse to pay taxes imposed by Parliament.
• Stamp act (march z2nd, 1765)

  Forced on the americans to raise revenues to mect the costs it detending the British Empire. They placed taxes on paper documents in the colonies, such us newspapers, docs, and playing cards. Placed without approval of the colonial legislatures.
• Townshend acts (June 15th - July 2nd ,

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  to help pay the expenses and to assert the British parliament's authority over the colonies, these acts are passed.

  It taxes imports Such as glass, tea, pent and paper brought into the Colonies. it consisted of the Suspending Act, the Revenue Act, the Indemnity Act, and the commissioners of Customs Act.
• Suspending Act: June 5th, banned the New York colony Assembly from conducting business until it agreed to pay for the housing, meals, and other expenses of British troops stationed there under the Quartering Act of 1765 (which prohibited the soldiers from being quartered in private homes).
• Revenue Act: June 26, required payment on tea, wine,

  lead, glass, paper, and paint imported into the colonies.
• The Indemnity Act: June 29, Reduced taxes on tea imported into England by the British East India Company, Which was on the verge of collapse due to much Cheaper Smuggled Dutch tea.
• Commissioners of Custom Act: June 20th, established

  an American Customs board. 5 British-appointed commissioners enforced a strict and often arbitrary set of shipping and trade regulations, all intended to increase taxes paid to Britain.
• Boston Massacre (March Sth, 1770)

  A small British army detachment that was threatened by a "patriot" mob throwing Snowballs, stones, and stichs opened fire and killed 5 people. The soldiers were charged with murder.
• The tea Act (May 10th, 1773)

  Happens after all Townshend Acts are lifted in 1770 except the Revenue Act. The British parliament passed this act to help the east India Company a tax break on their tea which made it a lot cheaper than the other ten being smuggled into the colonies. This encouraged the colonists to bug tea tom this company as it was much cheaper, even with the Townshend Act.
• The Boston Tea Party (December 16, 1773)

  To protest the tax put on the tea, The Sons of Liberty dress as Mohark Indians, board the British ships, and throw crates of tea into Boston Harbor. (10,000 pounds worth of tea.)
• Sons of liberty: A political organizalim active In the 13 American Colonies Lounded to advance the rights of the colonists and to light taration sy the British govermet. Organized in 1765 to light the Stamp Act.
• The Coercive / Intolerable Acts (March - June 1774)

  The parliament enacted 4 measures; The Boston Port Act, Massachusetts Goverment Act, Administration of Justice Act, and Quartering Act.
• Boston Port Act : Passed in March, The port is closed from all commerce and ordered the citizens of Boston to pay a large fine to compensate for the ten thrown into the river during the Boston Tea Party.
• Massachusetts Goverment Act: Passed to punish Massachusetts for its transgressions and consolidate power over the 13 colonies, restructured the government to give the royal-appointed more power.
• the Boston massacre took place in 1770
• boston tea party took place in 1773
• townshend acts were imposed by the british parliament in 1767
• why was the massachusetts goverment act passed? 


  to give more power to the royally-appointed and to punish them for their transgressions
• coercive/intolerable acts were passed between march and june 1774
• second continental congress met in may 1775
• first continental congress met on september 5th 1774
• when did the battle of bunker hill take place? june 1775
• The Sons of Liberty was a loosely organized, clandestine, sometimes violent, political organization active in the Thirteen American Colonies founded to advance the rights of the colonists and to fight taxation by the British government. Formed in the American colonies in the summer of 1765 to oppose the Stamp Act.
• Committees of Correspondence, groups appointed by the legislatures in the 13 British American colonies to provide colonial leadership and aid intercolonial cooperation. The committees of correspondence were a collection of American political organizations that sought to coordinate opposition to British Parliament and, later, support for American independence.
• thomas paine's common sense published in 1776 argued that the colonies should claim their independence from great britain.
• Quartering Act of 1774, required colonial assemblies to quarter soldiers in private homes and to provide meals and other necessities for them. this reversed the quartering act of 1765, which stated that British soldiers could only be quartered in public buildings.
• The administration of Justice Act was passed in 1774 as a part of the coercive acts. This act allowed British officials and soldiers accused of committing crimes in the colonies to be tried in Great Britain instead of locally. It raised concerns among the colonists as it implied that British authorities could avoid facing local juries, which many viewed as a denial of colonial rights to a fair trial. The act exacerbated tensions between the American colonies and Britain, contributing to the growing discontent that eventually led to the outbreak of the American Revolutionary War.
• the first continental congress meeting was in Philadelphia in 1774
• The term "minutemen" originated from the idea that these colonial militia members were ready to respond at a minute's notice, indicating their ability to be quickly mobilized for military service. These volunteer soldiers played a crucial role in the early stages of the American Revolutionary War, particularly during the Battles of Lexington and Concord in 1775. The name reflects their commitment to being prepared and ready to defend their communities and rights against British forces at a moment's notice. 
• The Battle of Lexington and Concord was the first fight in the American Revolutionary War in 1775. British troops wanted to seize colonial weapons stored in Concord. In Lexington, the first shots were fired, marking the start of the war. Neither side wanted to shoot but a shot fires and it’s called the “shot heard around the world”. The colonists fought back, and as the British retreated from Concord, they faced constant attacks from local militia called minutemen.
• Boston Tea Party - December 16, 1773. A group of men dressed as Native Americans boarded three British ships docked in Boston Harbor and threw overboard more than 300 chests of tea worth £9,284. They did so because Parliament had passed the Tea Act, giving the British East India Company a monopoly on selling tea in America. Many colonists saw the act as an attempt by Parliament to force them to buy tea and pay taxes without representation. The event sparked outrage throughout the colonies and helped galvanize support for independence.
• The Declaration of Independence is a document written by Thomas Jefferson that announced the thirteen North American colonies would no longer be subject to British rule.
• The Declaration of Independence was adopted by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776.
• The Declaration of Independence listed grievances against King George III and declared that all people have certain unalienable rights including life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
• The Continental Army was formed in June 1775 under the command of General George Washington. It consisted mainly of volunteers from various states who joined together to fight against the British army. The army struggled with shortages of supplies, equipment, and funding, but its determination and bravery inspired the colonists and contributed significantly to the success of the American Revolutionary War.
• The Declaration of Independence asserted that governments derive their power from the consent of the governed and that when any government becomes destructive of those ends, it is the right of the people to alter or abolish it.
• The Declaration of Independence served as a rallying cry for the American Revolution and remains one of the most important documents in American history.