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Britain and the colonist's war against the French and American Indians that threw Britain into debt -
A treaty from the F&I war that created a border for the colonies, angering them due to limiting their westward expansion -
A tax on goods like sugar and molasses, the first act imposed on colonies after the F&I war -
The 1st act imposed that affected colonists directly, taxing official papers using stamps -
An event where, after getting pelted by random objects thrown by civilians, 8 redcoats shot a crowd of said civilians and killed 5, the first being Crispus Attucks. -
A tax on tea, the tax that pushed the colonists over the edge and made them commit the Boston tea party -
When the sons of liberty dressed as native Americans and threw over 46 tons of tea into the ocean -
The various taxes and laws imposed due to the Boston tea party -
This was the first battle of the American Revolution, nicknamed “The shot heard around the world” because a small army was attempting to battle a superpower -
This was the colony’s first and last attempt to finish the war before it escalated. it did not succeed