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king george lll following great britains acquistion of french territory in north america after the end of the french and indian war, which forbade all settlement past a line drawn along the appalachian mountains
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the act set a tax on sugar and molasses impoted into the colonies which impacted the manafacture of rum in new england
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a law passed by parliament that raised tax money by requiring colonists to pay for an official stamp whenever they bought paper items such as newspapers, licenses, and legal documents.
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an incident in which british soldiers fired into a crowd of colonists, killing five people
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a law passed by parliment allowing the british east india company to sell its low-cost tea directly to the colonies, undermining colonial tea merchants, leading to the boston tea party
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a protest against the tea act in which a group of colonists boarded british tea ships and dumped more than 340 chests of tea into boston harbor
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a meeting of delegrates from twelve of the thirteen colonies that met on september 5 to october 26 1776 at carpenters' hall in philadelphia, pennsylvani, early in the american revolution
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the battles of lexington and conord were the first military engagments of the american revolution war
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the document written to declare the colonies free from british rule
