Events under the Article of Confederation

  • Sugar Act

    Under the Molasses Act colonial merchants had been required to pay a tax of six pence per gallon on the importation of foreign molasses. The English product would be cheaper than that from the French West Indies
  • The Stamp Act

    The tax was made by the British for every colonist to pay taxs on the paper they used.
  • Boston Massacre

    Five colonist were killed from a shotting by the British soldiers
  • Boston Tea Party

    Colonist dressed up as Indians and poured british tea into theboston harbor as a tax rebelion.
  • Revolutionary War

    The war between the colonies and Britian began. This was a sucessful military rebellon against Great Britian.
  • Shays Rebellion

    The farmers revolt. Rebellion was made because people were getting too many taxes after they just finished the war to stop taxes.