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parliaments attempt to answer the question of where and how british solders would be quartered in the American colonies -
This act required the colonist to pay tax represented by a stamp on various forms of papers documents and playing cards. -
A series of laws passed by the British parliament to establish greater control over American colonies and raise revenue -
American colonies attacked british soldiers in Boston which led to the soldiers firing upon the crowd and killing 5 of the colonist -
The Boston Tea Party was a protest that happened in 1773. Angry colonists wanted to be able to make their own laws. They also wanted a vote. Since Britain didn't give the colonists a voice, they made a big protest by dumping 342 chests of tea into the water, which was worth millions of dollars in today's money. -
closed down Boston harbor made trails in the colonies difficult and allowed English to invade colonists home -
The Battles of Lexington and Concord on 19 April 1775 the famous shot heard round the world marked the start of the american war of independence -
The colonist last ditch effort to make peace with British king and avoid a war between Britain and the colonies