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The Stamp act of 176 5
The stamp act was a tax that England placed on all paper goods in the Americas as a way to help pay for the British troops that had been placed in the colonies during the seven-year war. -
The quartering act 1765
The quartering act was put in place by England forcing colonists to provide housing, food, and care for British soldiers who had been stationed there during the seven-year war, if the colonists did not comply with this law there could be repercussions. -
The Boston Tea Party 1773
The Boston tea party was a political protest planned by the sons of liberty group, they dressed up as native Americans and snuck onboard a ship that was carrying tea for the British East India Company, and dumped thoughts of dollars of tea into the Boston harbor as a way to revolt against England's taxation without representation. -
The First Continental congress
The First continental congress was formed by representatives of 12 of the 13 colonies, they made plans to "overthrow" the intolerable acts by boycotting any and all British goods, they were the first group in the new nation to get together in order to form a plan to help their nation and people escape from British control. -
Common Sense by Thomas Paine 1776
Thomas Paine wrote and published "Common Sense" arguing for independence from England after seeing the amount of control that England had over the collines with taxation, and their military being stationed in the colonies, he argued that America should be able to be an independent nation apart from England.