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The Molasses Act was a British law that taxed molasses, sugar, and rum that was imported from foreign countries into the colonies. Molasses was a huge trading product in the Americas and this law made the Americans struggle to supply New England's rum distilleries. This led to the colonists protesting the law stating that it was unfair because the British wouldn't be able to supply enough product. This brought the colonists closer to revolution because they resorted to smuggling and protesting.
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The Sugar Act was a law passed by Great Britain that imposed a tax on sugar and many other goods from foreign countries to collect money to pay for the Seven Years War. This law is very similar to the Molasses Act in the way that they were both heavily protested. The merchants feared that the law would lose them the majority of their income. The colonists united under the notion that the act violated principals of their freedom, and that was not something they wanted to stand for.
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The Currency Act was a law that prohibited the distribution of money printed by Colonial legislatures. This act also set up penalties and fines for people who didn't obey this law. the colonists thought this was unfair considering there had already been a lasting currency shortage. This brought the colonists closer to the revolution because citizens weren't allowed to pay their debts and taxes. Many colonists blame this act for future economic failure.
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The Stamp Act was a law that required colonists to pay a tax when purchasing paper, documents, or playing cards. Colonists rioted against the act in the mindset that the law violated the principal of taxation without representation. This brought America closer to the revolution because colonists started to force the resignations of most of the men that enforced the law. The colonists rose in rebellion against the British authority.
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The Boston Massacre was an ordeal that spiked the start of the American revolution. It consisted of colonists messing with British soldiers with snowballs, stones, and sticks, and the British soldiers reacting, killing 5 colonists. The American silversmith, Paul Revere, visited the site, and created an exaggerated engraving of the scene. This showcased many colonists being killed in a brutal fashion. The engraving was used as propaganda, which inspired anger and aggression in the colonists.
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The Tea Act was a law that reinforced the taxing of tea in the colonies. This law allowed the British East India Company to have a monopoly on the tea trade industry. This made the colonists unable to buy tea from anyone but the British, as we've seen before. The Tea Act directly led to the Boston Tea Party that was the major turning event in the American revolution. Colonists were sick of being angry with the hold the British had on them.
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The Boston Tea Party was a political protest that consisted of a select few demonstrators who boarded the ships transporting the British's tea crates, and started throwing them overboard. The reason for this was that the colonists were sick of the unnecessary taxes that the British powers were enforcing on them. The Boston Tea Party led to the revolution because it accelerated the colonial support of the revolution itself. It was their way of saying they'd had enough.