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taxed Americans on sugar. It was also the first tax the British imposed on the American colonists
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King George III issued another tax on the Americans who grew angrier with the king.
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The Boston port act closed Boston port until the damage for the Boston tea party was paid for.
The administration of justice act said that British officials accused of a crime had to go to British court rather than American court.
The Massachusetts government act reduced the American’s right to self govern so they put a British governor in the area
The quartering act allowed any British soldiers to live in any house or town in Massachusetts during the war. -
Drafted by Thomas Jefferson, this declared America as an independent country separate from Britain
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The French and the Americans trap general cornwallis’ army in Yorktown, Virginia where the British would surrender.
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The American revolution ended here and Territory much bigger than the 13 colonies was acquired and explored. Benjamin Franklin became chief negotiator.
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