1. Steps Toward A New Nation
Chapter 4 - Worksheet

2. 1. Year: 1764-1767 SUGAR, STAMP AND TOWNSHEND ACTS
PURPOSE/SIGNIFICANCE
Intended to raise revenue to support troops in colonies through trade and direct taxes, and to exert control over colonies
COLONIAL AND/OR BRITISH REACTION
United colonists in resisting taxation without representation through protests, public demonstrations, resolutions and boycotts of British goods.

3. 2. Year: 1770 BOSTON MASSACRE PURPOSE/SIGNIFICANCE
Colonial protest escalated into deadly confrontation with British troops
COLONIAL AND/OR BRITISH REACTION
Became symbol of British tyranny, increasing colonial resistance

4. 3. Year: 1773 BOSTON TEA PARTY PURPOSE/SIGNIFICANCE
Patriots destroyed British tea in protest of the Tea Act
COLONIAL AND/OR BRITISH REACTION
Britain responded with Coercive Acts to punish Boston

5. 4. Year: 1774 FIRST CONTINENTAL CONGRESS PURPOSE/SIGNIFICANCE
Issued Declaration of Rights and Grievances condemning Coercive Acts; approved Continental Association to enforce boycotts
COLONIAL AND/OR BRITISH REACTION
Infuriated British officials and Loyalists who supported the king

6. 5. Year: 1775 BATTLES AT LEXINGTON AND CONCORD PURPOSE/SIGNIFICANCE
British troops intended to seize militia supplies in Massachusetts
COLONIAL AND/OR BRITISH REACTION
Minutemen resisted British troops with force; united militia forces against Britain

7. 6. Year: 1775 SECOND CONTINENTAL CONGRESS PURPOSE/SIGNIFICANCE
Formed Continental Army with George Washington as commander in chief; assumed role of central government
COLONIAL AND/OR BRITISH REACTION
King George issued Proclamation for Suppressing Rebellion and Sedition, effectively declaring war against the colonies

8. 7. Year: 1776 DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE PURPOSE/SIGNIFICANCE
Continental Congress declared independence
COLONIAL AND/OR BRITISH REACTION
British troops increased to 32,000 under General William Howe

9. 8. Year: 1777 BATTLE OF SARATOGA PURPOSE/SIGNIFICANCE
Resounding American Victory proved turning point in the war
COLONIAL AND/OR BRITISH REACTION
Improved American morale; France committed troops to American cause