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The war with the Indians ended. The French were in debt now cause the needed to pay the soldiers who fought in the war.
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The colonist had to pay paper tax. All legal documents, newspapers, etc. were part of this tax.
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The first gathering of several colonies. It was a talk about how to deal with the taxation that went into placement without their consent.
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The Stamp Act was repealed. There were no more tax on the papers.
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It gave Parliament absolute power on taxes. They could now tax whatever they want without asking the colonist.
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This act added more taxes and allowed there to be to kill smugglers without a local jury. This also gave British soldiers the right to search the colonists' household without their consent.
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The act was taken away. Though this act was gone the British still wanted to tax the colonist as much as they wanted to.
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Many colonists rebelled against the British by rioting in front of the tax building. They were shot down after some time. Many were injured and some died.
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The tea that came from Britain was now taxed. This angered many people since they buy quite a bit of tea.
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Colonist dressed up as Indians and raided a British ship full of tea. They then dumped all that tea into the ocean.
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Laws that were meant to punish Massachusetts for the Boston Tea Party. They were the Boston Tea Act, Quartering Act, Administration of Justice Act, and the Massachusetts Government Act.
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The first time a major amount of the colonies came together. They wished for their independence. The king denies and this angers the colonists.
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The anger colonist now was using force to gain their independence. Great Britain fought them and it ended up becoming a war for independence.
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This is now the second time the colonies came together to plan on what to do. They now have a new document for independence.
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The document for the colonists' independence was signed by a majority of the colonist. This documented has cut all ties with Britain and made America its own country.
