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The end of The French and Indian War
The French Indian War gained Great Britain massive amounts of territory in North America. The disputes over the frontier policy that was paying for the wars expenses led to discontent in the colonies. -
The Sugar Act
The Sugar Act extended the Molasses act by changing the tax on imports from the Caribbean from 6 cents per gallon all the way up to 3 cents per gallon. The colonials were upset with this because on top of the previously mentioned effect of the tax it also allowed the British courts the right to try colonial smugglers, taking away power from the colonial courts. -
The Stamp Act
The Stamp Act was an act that declared that all printed material had to carry a stamp. This angered the colonies due to the stamp not being free and led to their first coordinated effort by all the colonies together. -
The Declaratory Act
The Declaratory Act helped British Parliament maintain power by stating that Parliament could make laws binding the American colonies "in all cases whatsoever". This obviously angered the colonies. -
The Townshed Act
The idea behind The Townshed Act was to gather money for Great Britain by getting parliament to pass new taxes and it also created a new board of customs to stop smuggling. The colonies were very unhappy with this because that was a large part of their way of life. -
The Tea Act
The Tea Act offered a tax exemptions and rebates for tea coming in from the British East India company, allowing them to get rid of all their cheap tea via the colonies, which in turned ended up lowering the price of tea. From this the colonies were so outraged they dressed up as Indians and dumped the equivalent of 4 million dollars of todays money worth of tea. -
The Revolutionary War
This war sparked the fight to free the colonies from British rule and become their own nation. The colonist's were very divided on the war causing them to fight against each other very often. Many colonists very openly supported the British and others supported the revolution.