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This was between the colonies and the French and Indians is what caused the British to start taxing the americans. -
A tax passed by parlament in order to stop people from smuggling sugar and molasses. -
Asked that legal documents and printed materials be taxed through stamps that people had to buy and put on their goods as confirmation that they paid the tax -
The colonies were required to provide barracks for the British soldiers, if they could not fit in the barracks they had to allow soldiers in their homes. -
Taxed British lead, paper, and tea that was imported from England to the colonies -
The event where British soldiers shot and killed multiple people protesting in Boston. Paul Revere and Samuel Adams both widely shared the news to bring it to light. -
Paul Revere's Engraving of the Boston Massacre was purposefully drawn to make it look like the British soldiers were ordered to fire into the crowd. This was done to help unite the colonies against Britain. -
The trial was held around 9 months after the Boston Massacre happened, with the outcome of 6 soldiers aquitted, and 2 found guilty of man slaughter. -
Laws passed to punish the colonists for their defiance is commiting the boston tea party. -
During the First Continental Congress meeting, delegates from the colonies discussed how to force the British to stop unfairly taxing the Americans, and eventually they decided on boycotting British goods.