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This act cut off all trade except to Britain and Canada. This caused the colonists to smuggle and boycott British goods.
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The British and colonists fought the French and Indians over the Ohio River Valley.
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Britain Prohibited colonists to settle west of the Appalachian mountains. This made the colonists angry because they had just fought in a war for that territory.
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Britain taxed all sugar and molasses that the colonists bought. The colonists were even more angry and boycotted British goods.
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Britain asked the colonists to quarter 1,500 soldiers. The colonists refused to quarter them. Most soldiers went back to the ship, but some took houses by force.
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All legal documents and printed paper was taxed. The colonists tared and feathered the stamp agents that were sent to enforce the tax.
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The British Parliament stated that its taxation power is the same in America as it is in Britain. Colonists completely ignored the act for a celebration of the repealing of the Stamp act.
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A British tax on glass, lead, paper, paint, paint, and tea. The colonists boycotted the British.
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Five people were killed by British soldiers in the town square of Boston. The colonists got very angry at the British.
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A network of communication for passing on news of the British.
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Britain gave the East India company full control of the tea. The colonists started the Boston Tea party.
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The colonists attacked three British ships and dumped British tea into the Boston Harbor. The colonies split and protested tea. This made Britain completely against the colonies.
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Boston port is closed. Town meetings are limited and all trade is sent to Britain or Canada. The colonies unified and formed militias
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The Second Continental Congress managed the colonists war effort.
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Members were elected. 98% of trade to Britain was cancelled. The colonies stopped following British law.
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Minute men hid and shot at the British soldiers as they marched through Lexington and Concord.
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1,000 minutemen defended Bunker hill and this is were the quote "Don't fire 'till you see the whites of their eyes" came from. The colonists lost the hill.
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Thomas Paine wrote a pamphlet explaining why the colonies should separate from Britain.
