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John Locke came up with the idea that everybody has natural rights including life, liberty, and property.
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Montesquieu believed that not one person should have all the power in government
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The sugar act put a new tax on sugar and then raised the tax on coffee, indigo, and wine.
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This is when the British made the colonists pay for legal documents, newspapers, and decks of cards
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This made the colonists house and feed British solders.
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A group of British soldiers open fire on a patriot riot.
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This made colonists pay unwanted taxes for the tea they all loved.
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Angered by the horriblle tea act the colonists dress up as Indians and pour tea out of a British ship. One colonist was Paul Revere.