Lead up to the American Revolution

  • Sugar tax enacted

    this was created to add an additional tax on sugar (and related sugar products including molasses) to improve the revenue of the English Kingdom.- Wikipedia contributors. “Sugar Act.” Wikipedia, 26 Aug. 2025, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sugar_Act.
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    Sons of Liberty

    This was a protest group started in Boston, Massachusetts to protests the regulations and taxes imposed by the British government against the American colonists will
  • Stamp act

    This was a tax on all stamped paper goods coming from England (including but not limited to: playing cards, legal documents, magazines, letters etc.) in order to send more English troops to enforce laws enacted by the king in American colonies.- Wikipedia contributors. “Stamp Act 1765.” Wikipedia, 16 Sept. 2025, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stamp_Act_1765.
  • Quartering Act

    This act forced the American colonists to provide housing food and other resources to British troops. -
    ----. “Quartering Acts.” Wikipedia, 3 Dec. 2025, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quartering_Acts.
  • The Townshend Acts

    These were acts written and enacted by the king's right hand man, Charles Townshend -
    -https://youtu.be/GWf6211XZxM?si=SaTZ7aqRJpeR_DlP
  • Boston massacre

    https://youtu.be/BlmyzIrCKdI?si=no8E3eBSLdnK2f5p
    This event, likely started by the British soldiers in Boston Massachusetts led to the death of five colonists and several others injured
  • Tea act

    This was an act that forced the colonists to only be able to purchase tea from the British East Indian company
  • Boston tea party

    This was an act of protest started but the Sons of Liberty against the British government's taxes on daily goods (such as tea and paper). Taking place in Boston, 16 members dressed as native Americans during the cover of night they dumped 342 chests of tea into the harbor where the ship carrying said chests of tea was docked. -
    -Wikipedia contributors. “Boston Tea Party.” Wikipedia, 3 Dec. 2025, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_Tea_Party.
  • Intolerable / Coercive Act s

    https://youtu.be/YDlVfCYOBaM?si=pAtj6FtzGTpBhs3n These were a series of Acts imposed on the American colonies particularly Boston Massachusetts as punishment for the Boston tea party mentioned earlier