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Military encounters in North America between Great Britain and France also known as the Seven Years' War.
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The British Parliament passed this act which required colonists to pay taxes (stamps) on multiple papers, documents, etc.
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The British Government passed laws which placed new taxes and took some colonists' freedoms away.
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British soldiers opened fire on some American colonists.
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The Tea Act permitted the British East India Company Tea to control all of the tea sales in the american colonies.
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This occurred at the Boston Harbor because the colonists didn't want to pay taxes on British tea.
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Laws meant to punish Massachusetts' colonists for not following the rules by creating the Tea Party protest.
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Both were meetings of delegates from 12 of the 13 British colonies which became the U.S. however the 2nd Continental Congress was when the 12 colonies joined the American Revolutionary War.
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The British General wanted to prevent violence seizing weapons and powder stored in Concord however this caused a series of battles in Lexington and Concord.
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This book challenged the British Government and royal monarchy's authority. Paine also tried to encourage independence from Great Britain to people in the Thirteen Colonies.
