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The sugar act
The British passed the sugar act. Which required colonist to pay a three cent tax on foreign refined sugar and it also increased the tax on coffee, indigo,and certain kinds of wine. The colonist responded with the quote " no taxation without representation -
The stamp Act
The British Parliament passed the Stamp Act in 165 in order to support the British soldiers protecting the Proclamation Line. This act required that a stamp purchased by the British government had to be placed on all important documents like court papers, newspapers and even playing cards. The colonists were outraged because they were paying for troops that were keeping them out of the land they had just fought for in the French and Indian War and they still had no representation in Parliament. -
french and indian war
The French and Indian War was apart of a larger global conflict called the Seven Years War. The French and British had the most territorial disputes within North America during this war. Both countries wanted access to the profitable fur trade business and the cheap fertile land west of the Appalachian Mountains. Although the British lost majority of the initial battles they ultimately won the war. -
sons of liberty
A well-organized political organization shrouded in secrecy that was established to undermine British rule in colonial America. This group spang up in port cities like Boston and NYC. -
townshend acts
The Townshend Acts taxed imported items such as paper, glass, paint and tea. The English Parliament passed this act to cover costs of the French and Indian War, as well as to show that they still had power over the colonies. The colonists were outraged with this act so they held public demonstrations, boycotted products and smuggled in goods. Parliament eventually decided to repeal this act because of colonial protests. -
The Tea Act
the new tax law was not designed to raise taxes in the colonies. The tea act was created to help the East indian company make money and sell there tea. The east India company had tons of tea to sell. -
The Boston Tea Act
The boston tea party was an act by the colonist’s where they dressed up as mohawk native americans and boarded an english ship with tea and dumped it all in the ocean. The colonists were doing this because the british said that was the only tea you could buy was the tea on the ship. People sold their own tea and the colonists didn’t -
fist continential congress
many important political men in the thirteen colonies met an Carpenters Hall in Philadelphia Pennsylvania in a meeting called the First Continential Congress. -
The intolerable acts
a punishment from the event of the boston tea party -
The First Continential Congress
A meeting to discuss how they were going to defend themselves -
battles of lexington and concord
a battles in the two towns that was between the british and the colonists
