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Proclamation of 1763
1763
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Townshend Acts
1767 - 1770
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A tax on lead, glass, paper, paint, and tea.
Boston Massacre
March 5, 1770 - March 6, 1770
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Protest against all of the acts.Known back then as Bloody Massacre. The day after, Britain repeals the Townshend Acts
Tea Act
1773 - 1776
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Even though Britain repealed the Townshend act, they left a tax on tea. They could only buy tea from one company.
Boston Tea Party
December 16, 1773
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Colonists dress up as Indians and go onto the ships and dumped all of the crates of tea into the water.
Intolerable Acts
1774
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Series of different laws that effected Boston, Massachusetts.
-shut down harbors(people lost jobs)
-suspend Massachusetts Assembly
1st Continental Congress
September 1774
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The colonists rebel against Britain by boycotting all British trade. Georgia didn't join because they were too far away.
Lexington at Concord
April 19, 1775
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Britain came to find the warehouse that the colonists hid weapons. When they find it empty, they march back to Boston, and the colonists killed about 200 British soldiers.
Second Continental Congress
May 10, 1775
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They formed a continental army and printed money to pay the soldiers. It was the first government in the U.S.
Battle of Bunker Hill
June 1775
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The colonists have to leave because they ran out of ammunition. The British won the battle because they left.
Olive Branch petition
July 1775
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An open letter to King George lll saying if you back off all of these taxes and acts we will stop fighting and trade again. When he receives it, he just throws it away.
Common Sense
1776
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Written by Thomas Payne saying to declare independence from Britain.
Declaration of Independence
June 1776 - July 4, 1776
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Thomas Jefferson wrote it to declare independence. After two weeks, it was voted on and they then declared themselves independent.