I was asked to put this on the blog. Remember you might use this to help you revise your editorial, the final copy of which is due on Monday.
Events Mixed-Up
_______ A crowd of men and boys throw sticks and snowballs at British soldiers outside
the customs house in Boston.
_______ Parliament removes Boston’s self-government by passing the Intolerable Acts.
_______ Colonists boycott British goods and smuggle foreign goods.
_______ Parliament levies taxes on stamps to pay for the French and Indian War.
_______ As imports decline ten thousand British troops arrive in America to help enforce
tax laws and catch offenders.
_______ General Gage sends his men to capture Bunker (Breed’s) Hill. Forty percent of his
men die. The war is on.
_______ Stamp tax collectors arrive, but resistance is strong. Some Americans burn tax
collectors’ houses.
_______ The colonies unite to aid the people of Massachusetts who are arming
themselves, and the First Continental Congress meets.
_______ To break Americans’ resistance to taxes, Parliament gives the British East India
Company a monopoly on tea that helps lower the price.
_______ British troops kill five men, and colonists spread news of the "Boston Massacre."
_______ The Virginia House of Burgesses votes on a resolution claiming Parliament is
practicing "taxation without representation" because Americans are not represented
there.
_______ Americans refuse to buy tea and colonists disguised as Indians throw 342 chests
of tea into Boston harbor.
_______ Angry colonists join the Sons of Liberty, the Daughters of Liberty, and Committees
of Correspondence to create more active revolt.
_______ The British repeal the Stamp Act and Parliament passes customs duties on lead,
paper, paint, glass, and tea.
_______ Americans kill 250 British soldiers on their march back to Boston and begin to
gather on hills around the city
_______ A crowd of men and boys throw sticks and snowballs at British soldiers outside
the customs house in Boston.
_______ Parliament removes Boston’s self-government by passing the Intolerable Acts.
_______ Colonists boycott British goods and smuggle foreign goods.
_______ Parliament levies taxes on stamps to pay for the French and Indian War.
_______ As imports decline ten thousand British troops arrive in America to help enforce
tax laws and catch offenders.
_______ General Gage sends his men to capture Bunker (Breed’s) Hill. Forty percent of his
men die. The war is on.
_______ Stamp tax collectors arrive, but resistance is strong. Some Americans burn tax
collectors’ houses.
_______ The colonies unite to aid the people of Massachusetts who are arming
themselves, and the First Continental Congress meets.
_______ To break Americans’ resistance to taxes, Parliament gives the British East India
Company a monopoly on tea that helps lower the price.
_______ British troops kill five men, and colonists spread news of the "Boston Massacre."
_______ The Virginia House of Burgesses votes on a resolution claiming Parliament is
practicing "taxation without representation" because Americans are not represented
there.
_______ Americans refuse to buy tea and colonists disguised as Indians throw 342 chests
of tea into Boston harbor.
_______ Angry colonists join the Sons of Liberty, the Daughters of Liberty, and Committees
of Correspondence to create more active revolt.
_______ The British repeal the Stamp Act and Parliament passes customs duties on lead,
paper, paint, glass, and tea.
_______ Americans kill 250 British soldiers on their march back to Boston and begin to
gather on hills around the city
_______ General Thomas Gage in sends British troops from Boston to Lexington and Concord to destroy colonial military supplies.
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