1. Rising Tensions

2. Yes!….but No.
Parliament repealed the Stamp Act in 1766, just a year after its introduction.
ON THE SAME DAY Parliament passed the Declaratory Act:
Stated Parliament had the authority to makes laws for the colonist “in all cases whatsoever.”

3. The Townshend Acts Passed in 1767 Imported lead, paper, tea, etc.
Colonists still cried “taxation without representation” and boycotted.

4. The Boston Massacre March 5, 1770
British troops sent to Boston to put down an unruly crowd.
Troops fire into the crowd, killing Crispus Attucks and four others

5. Boston Tea Party
May 1773
After the massacre the Townshend Acts were lifted, but the tax on tea remained.
Sons of Liberty organize a strike and dump crates of imported tea into Boston Harbor.

6. The Intolerable Acts(Coercive Acts)
Designed to punish the colonists, was introduced in 1774
Closed Boston Harbor, extended quartering laws, took local legislative power away

7. First Continental Congress
***First gathering of delegates from around the colonies.
Met in Philadelphia
Renewed boycotts and scheduled another meeting.

8. Paul Revere’s Ride
British troops marched from Boston to Concord to seize ammunition supplies of the colonists.
Revere, William Dawes, and Samuel Prescott ride through the countryside warning the people.

9. Lexington
5 miles from Concord the British met a small militia on April 19, 1775.
“The shot heard around the world” was fired by a militia man.
***Fighting had started!