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The Sugar Act, 1764
Parliment passed this Act as an attempt to discourage the smuggling of sugar and molasses to help the British economy. -
Virginia Resolves, 1765
Patrick Henry wrote up the reasons for protest against the Stamp Act prior to it's effective date. He is known for this statement, "Give Me Liberty of Give Me Death." -
The Stamp Act, 1765
Parliament placed taxes on paper goods produced in the colonies that benefited the British economy. The biggest argument of the colonies was that they did not want to be taxed without Representation. -
The Declaratory Act
Parliament passed this Act as a replacement of the Stamp Act. Britain was to have absolute soverignty over it's North American colonies. -
Stamp Act Repealed
The Stamp Act was repealed because the colonies boycotted British goods. -
Townshend Acts, 1767
A series of acts were created in mid 1767 which placed duties on glass, lead, paints, paper and tea in the colonies. -
Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre was a result of Sam Adams and many other men obstructing the disingenious taxes that the British Parliament had set on the colonies which was unjust from their standpoint. -
The Repeal of the Townshend Acts
The Townshend Acts were repealed as a way to keep peace. -
Tea Act, 1773
Parliment imposed higher taxes on the teas in the colonies as a way to crete more tax revenue to pay off the French and Indian War. -
Boston Tea Party
People of the American colonies, including Sam Adams, were opposed to Parliments authoriztion of the East India Tea Co. to export half a million pounds of tea to the colonies without their consent. -
Intolerable Acts, 1774
There were five acts created to strengthen British authority in Massachusettes. These acts were: The Boston Port Act of March 1774, the Massachusettes Government Act of May 1774, The Administration of Justice Act of May 1774, the Quartering Act of June 1774 and the Quebec Act. -
The Shot Heard Around the World
The first fire in the road to colonial indepence from Bristish rule. -
American Propaganda
Attached is an account of what colonial thought was after April 19, 1775.
