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The war was the beginning of open hostilites between the colonies and Great Britain. The war put Great Britain into debt, causing them to tax the colonists without representation.
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sugar Act led to outcries from colonial leaders who claimed taxation without representation as they had no members of Parliament
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The Stamp Act served as the last straw the colonist were willing to take from Britain, it required a lot to get a stamp, which colonists had to buy
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Townsend Acts was to raise revenue in the colonies to pay the salaries of governors and judges, colonists boycotted British imports which led to the boston massacre
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British troops were sent to help reenforce the Townsend Acts a soldier fired a musket which left several people wounded and 5 dead this was the excuse to get people to take sides with the colonists.
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A group of colonists dressed as Britishmen boarded the ships and threw the Tea into the Boston Harbor because officials in Boston refused to return 3 shiploads of taxed tea to Britain.
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Colonists had to provide housing for soldiers part of a group of laws that known as the Intolerable Acts were meant to restore imperial control over thr American Colonies.
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was held because the colonists were mad about the Intolerable Acts and the Taxes.
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was tasked with contacting the legislature of each colony so that they could join Virginia and exchange their opinions of the British.
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The Declaration of Independence urges people living in the colonies to throw out the government in the hands of Kin George III.
