Events
Boston Massacre
-Colonists were protesting the high taxes they were forced to pay
-5 people were killed
-First shot was fired by private Hugh MontgomeryBoston Tea Party
-The British had taken away all taxes except for tea
-A lot of people drank tea
-People took over ships and dumped ship fulls of tea into the Boston HarborDeclaration of Independence
-The "Committee of Five" wrote it
-Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, Robert Livingston, John Adams, and Roger Sherman
-Declared the US independent from Britain
-Signed by 56 delegates to the continental congressEngland Wins The War
.England is in Major Debt
.Colonists Are Heavily Taxed
-England is in debt from the war
-King George decides to put high taxes on everything
-Colonists don't like this so they protestColonists Protest
.King George Repeals Taxes on Everything Except Tea
.Tea/Sugar/Stamp Acts
-The tea act was made on May 10, 1773
-The Tea Act was an act that granted the British East India Tea a monopoly on tea
The Sugar act was made on April 5, 1765
-The Sugar Act was an act that forced people to pay taxes on sugar
-The Stamp act was on March 22, 1765
-The Stamp Act was an act that made the people have to have a stamp on documentsCommittee of Correspondance
.Revolutionary War
.Thomas Paine writes "Common Sense"
-It advocated independence from Britain
-It was published first on Jan. 10,1776
-This changed the minds of a lot of colonistsPeriods
French and Indian War-7-year war
-England wins
-England is in major debt
-Colonists get heavily taxedFirst Continental Congress
-They met at Carpenters' Hall
-There were 12 delegates
-The first president of the Congress was Peyton Randolph
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