-
The war between Britain and France that plunge Britain into debt. In order to pay off their debt, Britain begins enforcing tax and trade laws that were previously ignored.
-
Allowed British troops to force colonists to allow them to stay in their homes
-
Put a tax on all paper products
-
One of the first of the new tax laws Britain enacted to repay their debts
-
Another tax law that forced colonists to pay duties on glass, lead, paint, paper, and tea.
-
A source of outrage for rebels in America. Used as propaganda in America
-
A tax on imported British tea. Results in the Boston Tea Party
-
Outraged colonists throw tea from British ships into the water due to the Tea Act
-
Consisted of the: Boston Port Act, Govt. Act, 2nd Quartering, Justice Act, Quebec Act. The final straw for most colonists and the beginning of serious thought of rebellion
-
The first shot fired in the Revolutionary war. This shot is referred to as: "the shot heard 'round the world"