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This order prohibited colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains.
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This act lowered tax on molasses imported by the colonists.
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This law taxed almost all printed material including newspapers and playing cards.
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This act stated that Parliament had the right to tax and make decisions for the colonies “in all cases”
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This act taxed imports like glass, tea, and paper.
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This document allowed officials to search anywhere, anytime, for as long as they wanted for smuggled goods.
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This fight was between Bostonians and British soldiers in which 5 colonists were killed by them.
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This gave the British East India Company near total control of the tea market in the colonies and lowered some but not all taxes on tea.
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Colonists dressed up as Native Americans, boarded ships loaded with tea and threw 342 chests of tea overboard.
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These laws were meant to punish colonists for resisting British authority.
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This law extended the border and made a government for Canada ignoring the colonies’ claim to that area.
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There were two small battles with the British redcoats up against the minutemen of Lexington and, further out, Concord.
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Benedict Arnold and Ethan Allen seized a British fort with their militias.
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At Bunker and Breed’s Hill a militia commanded by William Prescott fought the redcoats and lost.
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This document declared the colonies’ freedom from Britain’s rule and expressed ideas of the three natural rights (life, liberty, and property).
