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This event is important because even though Britain also needed money for war debts, Parliament believed it was right to tax the colonist.
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Parliament enacted the Stamp Act in order to raise funds to maintain troops in its colonies. The colonist did not like this because it was "unfair" they had no voice in the law making. They protested, saying that these taxes violated their rights as British citizens. "No taxation without representation".
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This event occurred because the British were furious with the Colonist and how violent they were acting, They decided to make it a punishment but then it became bigger than expected.
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This event was important because it fueled the tension that had already begun between Britain and America. The cause of the Boston Tea Party was the colonists didn't want taxed tea.
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The war between the colonies and Great Britain. The colonist decided it was unfair they had no word in says with the government and went to war with Great Britain.
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This battle made the British realize that fighting the colonists wouldn't be a easy as they thought it would.
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This event is important because it was an official act taken by all 13 colonies in declaring the independence from British rule.
