EVENTS THAT LEAD UP TO THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR
1. The Stamp Act 2. The Boston Massacre 3. The Boston Tea Party 4. The First Continental Congress Meets |
French And Indian War
The Revolutionary war was fought between the French, British, and the Indians. They were fighting over the land. It ended up, the British colonies defeated the French and their Indians allies in 1763. The British Army and the Indians helped the British. It was called the French and Indian war. They fought for land east of the Mississippi River. King Charles III want the colonist to pay heavy taxes to pay for the war.
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SUGAR ACT
The Sugar Act was found in 1764. The Sugar Act, properly known as the American Revenue Act, was enacted by Parliament on April 5, 1764. The goal of the act was to raise revenue to help defray the military costs of protecting the American colonies at a time Great Britain`s economy was saddled with the huge national debt accumulated during the French and Indian War (aka Seven Years War). The focus of the Sugar Act was to discourage colonial merchants and manufacturers from smuggling non- British goods to avoid taxes imposed by Parliament. The Sugar Act successfully reduced smuggling, but it greatly disrupted the economy of the American colonies by increasing the cost of many imported items, and reducing exports to non-British markets. As a result, Americans protested the Sugar Act primarily because of its economic impact, but for some "no taxation without representation" became a rallying cry against Parliament`s right to tax the colonies.
SUMMARYTo get goods to the 13 British had to trade some of their goods.EX: Sugar, paper, glass, lead, paint, and tea from Britain. They traded fur, fish, wood, tobacco, rice, wheat, corn, cattle and other products.
The Sugar Act involved British colonist had to pay for the goods that were traded here from other places. Some colonist did not agree to the tax laws. The people that did agree are called "Loyalists" or "Tories". |
STAMP ACT
The Stamp Act was found in 1765. An act of the British Parliament in 1756 that exacted revenue from the Americans colonies by imposing a stamp duty on newspapers and legal and commercial documents. Colonial opposition led to the act`s repeal in 1766 and helped encourage the Revolutionary movement against the British Crown. Also, a tax on everything that is printed like newspaper, and playing cards. The colonists was very angry about these acts because they thought being tax without representation was not fair.
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The Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party took place in 1773. The Boston Tea Party happened in 3 British ship in the Boston Habor. The Boston Tea Party took place because the colonists did not want to pay taxes on the British tea. The colony has to pay taxes on tea. The king has no Parliament because, the king is in England and he is taking over America because he is so far away and he dosen`t know what`s happening in America. They said that Benjamin Franklin was a trader that`s when the Boston Tea Party came. The British disguise as Indians, so they could punish the Indians that they threw away the tea, because that thought that they got payed too much from the taxes.
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The Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre happened on March 5, 1770. A group of British soldiers went and let loose a volley of shots. Three persons were killed immediately and two died later of their wounds; among the victims was Crispus Attucks, a man of black or Indian parentage. The British officer in charge; Capt. Thomas Preston, was arrested for manslaughter, along with 8 of his men; all were later not guilty. The Boston Massacre is remembered as key event in helping to galvanize the colonial public to the Patriot cause.
First Continental CongressThe first Continental Congress met in Carpenter`s Hall in Philadelphia, from September 5, to October 26, 1774. Carpenter`s Hall was also the seat of the Pennsylvania Congress. All of the colonies except Georgia sent delegates. On September 5, 1774, delegates from each of the 13 colonies except for Georgia (which was fighting a Native-American uprising and was dependent on the British for military supplies) met in Philadelphia as the First Continental Congress to organize colonial resistance to Parliament`s Coercive Acts.
Townshend ActThe Townshend was introduced in 1767 at the English Parliament by Chancellor of the Exchequer Charles. The Townshend Act was tax on glass, lead, paints, paper and tea all of that brings good and services to the colonies. Townshends hoped the acts would defray royal expenses in the colonies, but many Americans viewed the taxation as an abuse of power , resulting in the passage of agreements to limit imports from Britain. In 1770, Parliament repealed all the Townshend duties except the tax on tea, leading to a temporary truce between the two sides in the years before the American Revolution.
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Committee of Correspondence-
corresponded with, or wrote letters to, one another Consequences- for every action their are very serious consequences or results Blockade- to use warships to prevent other ships from entering or leaving a harbor Quarter- British soldiers, or pay for their housing Continental Congress- it was a meeting in Philadelphia in September 1774 |
The battle of Lexington and Concord happen on April 15, 1775. When General Thomas Gage, British Military Governor of Massachusetts, was ordered to destroy the Rebel`s Military stores at Concord. In April, General Thomas Gage, decided to counter these moves by sending a force out of Boston to confiscate weapons stored in the village of Concord and capture patriot leaders Samuel Adams and John Hancock reported to be staying in the village of Lexington.