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During the Sugar Act the tax for sugar was 6 pence but changed to three pence per gallon in order to get the colonist to buy from the British instead of the French.
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During the French and Indian War, the French and the Indians teamed up and fought the British and the Americans for land.
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During The Proclamation of 1763 the British passed a law where the Indians can have all the land west of the Appalachian Mountains.
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During the Quartering Act the British passed a law after the wars for the British soldiers to go into the colonist houses and live in them and the colonist were not very happy with that
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During the Stamp Act the British passed a law where all the papers the colonist bought had to be taxed and have to have a stamp placed on them.
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During the Townshend Acts Britain taxed all the important stuff such as cotton,wool,wood,except for tea.
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The Boston Massacre was a huge event were 5 colonist were killed by British soldiers who had panicked and shot them.After the shot out the colonist got the king"s attention.
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Samuel Adams Created a group called the Committees Of Correspondence.The group he formed Passed around important information to other colonies.
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The British decided that only one company can sell tea so cheap that all the other companies went out of business.
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The colonist dressed up as Indians and got aboard a ship carrying lots of tea and dumped it overboard
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The representatives from each colony got together and wrote a letter to the king claiming they wanted to be treated fairly.After they wrote the letter they prepared for war.
