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The Treaty of Paris ended the French and Indian War or 7 years war between Great Britain and France
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King George III forbid all settling past a line drawn along the Appalachian Mountains after the 7 years war ended
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The sugar and Molasses act (1733) was about to expire so parliament passes a modified version. Under the Molasses Act everyone was required to pay a tax of six pence per gallon when importing foreign molasses.
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All American colonists were required to pay a tax on every piece of printed paper they used.
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If there wasn't enough room for soldiers in barracks they stayed in the public's houses and inns.
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It declared that taxes imposed on British colonists without their formal consent were unconstitutional.
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After months of protest Parliament voted to repeal the Stamp Act in March 1766.
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States that the British government had free and total power over the colonies.
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It imposed import duties on glass, lead, paint, paper and tea shipped to America and started protests among colonists.
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The British Army soldiers shot and killed people while under attack by a mob.
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The Virginia House of Burgesses recommended that each colonial legislature appoint a standing committee for inter colonial correspondence.
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The main purpose was to bail out the East India company not to raise revenue from the colonies
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"Three groups of fifty men dressed like Mohawk Indians and walked through the streets of Boston. Then someone blew a whistle. The men headed for the harbor and boarded the three ships with hatchets. They broke into 342 chests and threw all the tea overboard." [http://www.hobart.k12.in.us/gemedia/amrev/revwar/bostteap.htm]
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The intolerable acts were harsh laws passed by British parliament meant to punish colonists for the Boston tea party and other protests
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Was a meeting made up of delegates from twelve of the Thirteen Colonies
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After Lexington, the British marched to Concord. They went to search for weapons, but didn't find any. Even though the colonists didn't welcome them, not a lot happened in the city.
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early in the Revolutionary War, the British defeated the Americans at the Battle of Bunker Hill in Massachusetts.
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The petition declared the Colonies' loyalty to the King George III
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It was a meeting held in New York City, with people from some British colonies in North America. Parliament had passed the Stamp Act, which required the use of stamped paper for legal documents, playing cards, calendars, newspapers and dice.
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Thomas Paine published this saying his arguments in favor of American independence.
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It announced that the thirteen American colonies were no longer under British rule.
