American rev 2
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- The Boston Tea Party 1773
- The Intolerable Act March- June 1774
- We must punish them for resisting.
- Ah yes I agree, we shall call them the Intolerable acts.
- We are upset with the way we are treated
- The first continental congress September 1774
- We will send a letter to King George III
- The Boston Tea Party was a protest against the tax on tea by a group of Bostonians disguised as the “Mohawk” people. They dumped out 92,000 lbs worth of tea.
- RUN WE ARE OUTNUMBERED!
- In retaliation to the Boston tea party the British Parliament laid down for measures known as the intolerable acts. This included the Boston Port act, Massachusetts government act, administration of justice act and the quartering act.
- RUN WE ARE OUTNUMBERED
- WE HAVE NO MORE AMMO
- ATTACK
- The first continental congress convened a little after the intolerable acts to discuss America’s future and the British Parliaments aggression. Delegates even planned on banishing British goods.
- In 1775 a man named Paul Revere warned the Colonists that the British were coming to attack Boston. The British arrived at Lexington with 700 men facing 77 minutemen leaving 8 Americans dead. Once the British arrived at Concord, they were outnumbered and ran out of ammunition. They were forced to retire to Boston leaving 273 British Soldiers dead.
- The battle of Lexington and Concord April 1175-
- The Americans heard about the Britains plan to attack on Bunker Hill and prepared for the challenge. The Americans fought back for the first two charges but ran out of ammo so they had to retreat at the third charge. Although the british managed to take two hills, the Americans left 226 British soldiers killed and 800 wounded.
- The Battle of Bunker Hill June 1775
- On July 4th 1776, it was announced that the North 13 Colonies were officially separated from Great Britain. The Declaration of Independence document was approved by the Continental congress. After all of the fighting, taxes, and deaths, The Americans finally retrieved their Freedom.
- The declaration of Idependence July 4th 1776
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