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Great Britain and France fought over who was going to colonize North America. Ended with the Treaty of Paris
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In October: reps. met to discuss the colonists' rights as British subjects, declaring that only their colonial legislatures had the power to tax them
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a new tax that required a stamp for all printed items. it was the beginning of "taxation without representation"
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because of the Sons of Liberty, there were o longer any stamp commissioners left in the colonies so Britain repealed the act
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said that Parliament had the power to make laws strong enough to keep even the people in the colonies under Britain's rule
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taxed British imports
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an angry mob broke out where British soldiers were guarding the place where taxes were collected (5 colonists died)
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tax on tea remained, but the Act was repealed
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Sons of Liberty dressed as Mohawk Indians dumped the cargo of tea into the Boston harbor as a rebellion
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only the British East Indian Company could sell tea in the colonies
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the Boston Harbor would be closed until the destroyed tea was paid for and this economically hurt merchants and people who relied on trade conducted there
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colonists believed their rights were being violated so they met up to discuss what to do about their possible independence
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small battles between the colonists and the British soldiers over american independence
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delegates signed the Declaration of Independence
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the list of grievances that the colonists had with British rule and it severed their ties with them
