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British Parliament decided Americans should pay Taxes to Britain
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They tarred and feathered Royal Office holders in defiance to the Stamp And Sugar Act in 1775-1776.
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Settlers hung a straw dummy dressed to look like a stamp distributor in the "Liberty Tree" in Boston in protest to the Stamp Act
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An angry mob destroyed the home of the Governor because he was a part of British government. People did not like the taxation policy of Britain.
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The British government gave up on taxing Americans. The colonists were very against taxes to the British Government.
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This law said that Britain could pass any laws including taxation over the American colonies.
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Fron 1766-1775, Massachusetts and Virginia politely protested to the King about the unfair taxes. But nothing helped.
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Sent by King George to make the Patriot Leaders behave.
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On that night, some of the Sons of Liberty covered their face and hands with coal dust, disguised as the Mohawk Indians, fed the fish in Boston Harbor all the tea from the three ships bringing tea to the colonies, that were taxed by Britain.
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Held in Philadelphia
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No one knows who made the first shot, but this is the day that the American Revolutionary War started.
