American Revolution

American Revolution

1. The Townshend Act: colonists had to let British troops live with them

2. The Tea Act: allowed British East India Company to send tea to U.S for free

3. The Sugar Act: British put a tax on colonists' sugar

4. The Boston Tea Party: colonists (Sons of Liberty) dressed up as Native Americans, and dumped tea into Boston Harbor

5. The Stamp Act: British taxed colonists stamps

6. The Boston Massacre: protest on The Townshend Acts

7. Declaration of Independence: independence from Britain, written to the king of Britain (King George III)

8. The Intolerable Acts: last acts before the war, what stirred up the colonists

   • British shut down Boston Harbor
     • British took away colonists' rights to assembly
       • British officers were tried in England, and let off the hook, if they did anything to the colonists

9. Continental Congress: formed to create the Constitution