First Continental Congress

The first Continental congress met in Carpenters' hall in Philadelphia Pennsylvania from Sept.5, to Oct, 26, 1774. Every colony except Georgia sent delegates. George Washington, Patrick Henry, Richard Henry Lee, Edmon Pendleton, Benjamin Harrison, Richard Bland, and Peyton Rendolph were elected president of the congress. The objective became to make the king and parliament to see the grieve of the colonies and to do the same to the rest of america and the world.

Patrick Henry

Patrick Henry was born in May, 29, 1736 and died on June, 6, 1799. Patrick Henry's passionate and fiery orator exceeds that of even Samuel Adams. His personality was a curious antidote for the serious honor of George Washington. When he was young his family knew he wasn't going to be a farmer and his family trained him for academe by age 10. At age 21 his father set him in a business that he soon bankrupted thereafter. In 1767 he was elected governor of Virginia. In 1795 when Washington had became president he appointed Patrick as secretary of state but he declined and declined again because of bad health when President Adams appointed him envoy of France and died at the age of 63.

Boston Masscre

The Boston Massacre was a street fight that occurred on Mar. 5, 1770 between a mob of patriots and British soldiers. Several people were killed and led to the campaign to raise the ire of the citizenry. When British soldiers entered the colony the welcome was very unwelcoming. the whole riot began when about 50 people attacked a British sentinel. A captain called in more soldiers who were also attacked. the soldiers opened fire on the colonists killing 3 automatically while the people threw rocks, snowballs, and sticks. 8 other people also were wounded and later 2 of them died. The Boston Massacre was a signal to the war and would soon bring armed rebellion through the colonies.

Currency Act

With no conduct trade colonists suffered from shortages of ccurrency. There were no gold or silver mines and the only way of obtaining currency was trade from Great Britain. Many people decide that there were no alternative to printing there own currency through the form of bills of credit. Because of this there were lots of confusion because some printed currency had interest and some didn't and several other things were problems. British merchants became uncomfortable with both the complexity and the combining of the new bills and the old bills. On Sept. 1, 1764 parliament passed the currency act which prevented any printing of bills not from Britain. With this more problems stirred and people caught smuggling bills received a hearing favorable to parliament.

Tax Stamp

The tax stamp was a stamp that was placed on all products that were taxed on. Along list of items were taxed with the stamp such as newspapers, books, pamphlets, legal documents, licenses, diplomas, playing cards, etc.. Each of these items will be marked on its face with the symbol of the authorities. It was like colonists being reminded moment to moment that parliament was in control.

Sons of Liberty

In 1765 a group of shoemakers and artisans called the Loyal Nine made a group to be against the stamp act. As the group grew dramatically they began to be known as the sons of liberty. the member were actually not important people but workers and tradesmen. one of the first acts they were known for was when a stamp distributor was found hanging from a tree with a devil coming from a large boot. by the end of the year the sons of liberty were in every colony and one of the most common things to do was to force stamp distributors to resign. In the early months of 1766 the amount of chaos have become so bad that many royal governors went into hiding. Soon the sons of the colonies came together to form an even bigger organization.

George III

King George the 3rd was born in June, 4, 1738 and died on January, 29, 1820. He was one of the longest reining British monarchs. he was poorly suited for the demands of the time and was known to have limited intellectual abilities. He made a large chain of bad appointments to parliament and an over-dependence of people that he thought was not threatening. King George finally suffered a hereditary disease that made him practically insane and he ultimately suffered until he died.

Tea Act

The tea act was the final spark that ignited the fire of the revolution. The act was not intended to cause revenue but to help the East India Company. The tea was shipped to the colonies but the people refused because of the town shed duties that were still in place. The unloading of the tea was soon to lead to the Boston tea party.

Sugar Act

April, 5, 1764 was the day when Parliament issued a modified version of the sugar and molasses which was about to expire. This act means that the colonists have to pay six pence of tax for every gallon of foreign molasses. But because of corruption the they mostly evaded and undercut the intention of the tax. The sugar act cut the tax on molasses from 6 pence to 3 pence. Still, this means that more foreign items will be taxed on such as wine, coffee, pimiento, and later lumber and iron. Through all that happened this and the currency act will cause revolt at the imposition of the stamp act.

Stamp Act

On Feb, 6, 1765 General Grenville rose in parliament to offer 55 resolutions for his stamp bill. the bill was passed on Feb. 17th and was approved on March 8th. The stamp act was a serious attempt to place government authority into the colonies. Britain was in serious dept after to seven years war so the dept had grown from 72,289,673 to 129,586,789. the dept made the taxation so serious that major threat of revolt formed.