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These acts required that only English ships be used for trade within British Empire.
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Declared that no colonial settlement could be establised west of the Appalachian Mountains.
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This act imposed a tax on all sugar imported into the American colonies.
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The Stamp Act required the use of tax stamps on all legal documents, newspapers, pamphlets, and playing cards and certain business agreements.
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This action marked the first time that a majority of the colonies joined together to oppose a British law.
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Colinists dressed as mohawk indians and dumped almost 350 chests of British tea into Boston harbor as a protest of taxes.
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The acts closed the harbor and placed the goverment of Boston under direct British control.
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Was held in Philadelphia were delegates form all colonies came.
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The first time that the British soldiers fought with colonists.
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The congress immediatle assumed the powers of a central goverment the main actions were to create an army.
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This was not legally binding and was the first step in making the goverment legal. Richard Henry Lee introduced it.
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Introduced by Thomas Jefferson. It was legally binding and there was no condemation of slavery, states all agreed to it.
