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The Sugar Act
On April 5th, 1764, British Parliament put a law in to revise the earlier molasses act for the American colonists by reducing the tax on molasses from six pence to one, but, unlike the molasses act, strictly enforced it. -
The Quartering Act
On March 24th, 1865, British Parliament passed a law requiring American colonists to provide their homes and their food to soldiers that requested them. -
The Stamp Act
On March 18th, 1766, British Parliament passed the Stamp Act requiring all American Colonists to pay a tax and gain a stamp on all paper goods. This act sparked far more rebellion than the previous two acts. -
The Townshend Acts
Throughout 1767 and 1768, British Parliament passed multiple laws onto the American colonists, taxing the import of glass, lead, paper, paint, and tea. This was not a direct tax, so it was fought against less, but it caused anger because of the tax on tea, which all colonists drank. -
The Boston Massacre
On March 5th, 1770, after years of building tensions from British soldiers stationed in Boston, a protest broke out in which 60 colonists surrounded 10 armed soldiers. Reports vary, but it is believed that the Colonists were throwing rocks and snowballs, and possibly attacking with clubs. In response, the British opened fire, killing or wounding 11 colonists. -
The Boston Tea Party
On December 16th, 1773, the unhappy people of Boston in response to the Boston Massacre and the taxes on tea dressed as Native Americans and boarded the British tea ships, splitting open all of the crates and dumping them into the harbor. -
The Intolerable Acts
Beginning in March and occurring throughout 1774, the "Intolerable Acts" were multiple acts set by Parliament to punish the colonists, and specifically Boston, for the tea parties of 1773. These acts closed the port of Boston, took away Massachusetts charter, gave British soldier who killed colonists trials in England, and increased the strength of the Quartering Act. These acts were not called the "Intolerable Acts" officially, but were deemed so by the outraged American colonists.
