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No Taxation without representation
The British intent on making Americans share their financial burden. -
The Stamp Act
After the war with France they were in massive debt so they started the Stamp act. Which for the first time taxed a wide range of transactions in the colonies. -
The Townshend Acts
The Partliamsnt again tried to assert its authority by passing legislation to tax goods that the Americans imported form Great Britain. -
The Boston Massacre
A disagreement between an apprentice wigmaker and a British soldier led to a crowd of 200 colonists surrounding seven British troops. -
The Boston Tea Party
The British eventually withdrew their forces from Boston and repealed much of the onerous Townshend legislation. The act gave the company extended favorable treatment under tax regulations, so that it could sell tea at a price that undercut the American merchants who imported from Dutch traders. -
The Coercive Acts
In response to the Boston Tea Party, the British government decided that it had to tame the rebellious colonists in Massachusetts. -
Rejection of The Olive Branch Petition
King George III formally rejected the petition, because it was an illegal document created by an illegal congress, and then declared the colonies in rebellion. -
Lexington and Concord
British General Thomas Gage led a force of British soldiers from Boston to Lexington where he planned to capture colonial radicals leader but later the Americans found out about the plan and prepared themselves. -
Declaring Independence
By declaring themselves an independent nation, the American colonists were able to confirm an official alliance with the Government of France and obtain French assistance in the war against Great Britain. -
British attacks on coastal towns
It was unclear whether the southern colonies, whose interests didn’t necessarily align with the northern colonies, would be all in for a war of independence