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The Sugar Act
Taxes were put on the purchase of sugar and molasses. -
Currency Act
The Colonies started to use paper money to purchase merchandiase. -
The Stamp Act
The Stamp Act required American colonist to pay tax on every piece of printed paper they used. This included newspapers, legal documents, other forms of publication, and licenses. The Stamp Act led to a hostile reaction from the colonist resulting in Parliament's repeal in March of 1766. -
The Quartering Act
Parliament pased the Quartering Act which required colonist to provide housing, food, and drink to British Troops. -
The Declaratory Act
Due to the outrage of the Stamp Act by American colonists, Parliament repealed the Stamp Act and passed the Declaratory Act. This Act stated that Parliaments authority was the same in America as it was in Britian. This also asserted that Parliament was able to pass laws. -
The Townshend Acts
(June 15- July 2 1767) A series of four laws that were passed to that places taxes on items that were imported by the colonists. These items included glass, paper, paint, lead, and tea. Once again, American colonists protested resulting in Parliament repealing all the taxes on items with the exception to tea. -
Boston Massacre
During the evening of March 5, 1770 American Colonists, who called themselves Patriots, began to partronizing British soliders outside of the Customs House. It has been said that American colonists did not like the presence of British troops. The Patriots were throwing snowballs hitting one of the British solider making his rifle fire. Upon the firing of his rifle, the other soilders began shooting casuing the death of five American colonist and injuries to three others. -
The Tea Act
This act allowed the British East India Company Tea to sell their low cost tea directly to the colonists. This act undemined colonial tea merchants and led directly to the Boston Tea Party. -
The Boston Tea Party
Patriots disguise themselves as Mohawk Indians boarding thee British tea ships and dumping 342 chests of tea into Boston Harbor. This was a direct protest against Parliaments signing of the Tea Act.
