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After the war, Britain was in debt more than double and had to find a way to get that money back. the only people involved in this were the British and the Americans. They decided to give out taxes for everyday necessities. This was significant because this ended up being the starting point for the American Revolution.
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was the first direct tax that involved the British putting taxes on colonists. The Stamp Act had taxes put on various forms of paper, documents, and playing cards which was imposed by the British without the approval of the colonial legislatures. Any colonist who did could be prosecuted in ViceAdmiralty Courts which had no juries and could be held anywhere. The significance is After it was repealed parliament and the declaratory act maintained that Britain had authority over the colonists. -
Townshend Act involved taxes on tea, Paper, Lead, and glass and punished the province of New York. People who did not like the acts became more hostile and started to become violent. Soon Paralement was repealed but the import duty on tea was still retained. They taxed the Colonies without giving them representation in parliament. The significance of this led to attacks on British ships and the burying of the Gaspee which was a naval ship with the British and also led to the Boston Tea Party. -
The Boston massacre involved citizens in Boston and British soldiers. British soldiers were lined up with muskets to a crowd of around 300 and 400 Boston residents. the group began to taunt them by yelling fire and started to throw all kinds of objects. They were told not to fire but one British soldier got knocked down and said ''damn you fire'' which led the British soldiers to fire at the crowd. This was one of the key events that led to the American Revolution. -
This involved the Sons of Liberty and the British. The Sons of Liberty disguised as Native Americans destroyed an entire shipment of tea sent by the East India Company. The intolerable acts involved the laws passed by the British to punish Massachusetts for the acts of the Boston Tea Party. The significance of these actions made The citizens view these acts as a threat to the liberties of all of America not just Massachusetts. -
The Quartering Act was the disposition of armed British soldiers in the colonies and specified settling conditions in all of colonial America. This allowed any British soldier in any of the colonies to go into someone's home and stay there. Having soldiers in the colonies began to lead to resentment and anger among colonial leaders. The relationships between British soldiers and colonial civilians were worked up and would sometimes lead to violence, especially in Boston. -
The battle of Bunker Hill involved the colonies and the British. This was the first time the American soldiers faced the British in a pitched battle. The British pushed up the hill with a lot of troops and kept going up until they ran out of powder and went in for a hand-to-hand battle. Even though they lost they still showed they could hold their own against a superior British army. -
The battle of Saratoga involved American soldiers and British soldiers. British general John Burgoyne led an invasion army of 7,200–8,000 men south of Canada in the hope of meeting a similar British force marching northward from New York City and another British force marching to fight the Americans. Even though the British won the first battle the Americans came back but with more men and won the battle. This became a huge turning point in the war favoring the American soldiers. -
This battle involved American soldiers, French soldiers, And British soldiers. The French and American armies built their first parallel and began the bombardment of bombs towards the British soldiers. After the British soldier's defense was weak they began to attack and began to build their second parallel. the British surrendered resulting in the Treaty of Paris. -
The Treaty of Paris was the marking point for the end of the American Revolution recognized the 13 colonies' independence and allowed Western expansion In America. -
These battles involved America and the British. The battles where fought in the cities in Boston where the British outnumber the American troops with only 77 milthamen and won the battle in some secumstances. the significance of this is it marked the start of the war for independence.