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The French and Indian war, also known as the "Seven Years War", provided Great Britain with much territory. Great Britain's need to pay for the war's expenses ultimately led to the American Revolution.
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The Sugar Act, also known as the American Revenue Act, was the first tax on the American Colonies by the British in an attempt to increase Great Britain's money.
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The Boston Massacre was the murder of several mobbing American Colonists who harassed British Soldiers. In a succeeded attempt to propagandize the event, Paul Revere wrote "The Bloody Massacre" to stir reactions in other American Colonists who lived elsewhere.
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The Townshend Revenue Act taxed tea, glass, lead, oil, paint, and paper.
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American colonists, angry at Britain's repetitive taxing, discarded 342 chests of tea into the ocean.
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The Boston Blockade, or the Boston Port Act, closed Boston's port until colonists payed for the tea that was dumped during The Boston Tea Party.
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Because of the rebellion against Britain, they passed laws against the colonists.
