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Was enforced so the colonists would pay more taxes and it reduced the tax on molasses.
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The Sons of Liberty were created by Sam Adams as their leader, and they fought against opposed British taxes.
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Tax on printed items and was the first direct tax on the colonists. It added a fee to printed materials such as legal documents and newspapers.
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Required colonial assemblies to house and provision after Britain maintained a standing army following the French and Indian War.
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The Sons of Liberty led a mob and tore down the office and damaged the house of the stamp collector.
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Repealed the Stamp Act but asserted Parliament's right to rule the colonies as saw fit.
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Import taxes on a variety of goods were collected to support royal officials in the colonial assemblies. The Townsend Acts were so unpopular that all the taxes were repealed, except on tea.
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A group of colonist hurled snowballs and rocks at British soldiers guarding the Customs House. The soldiers fired into the crows, killing five colonists.
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Created to save the East India Tea Company. Although it lowered the price of tea, it gave the company a monopoly and threatened the business of colonial importers.
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Boston Patriots dressed as Indians, boarded three British ships laden with tea and dumped tea into the harbor.
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The Intolerable Act officially called the Coercive Acts, these laws were meant to force Massachusetts to pay for the tea destroyed in the Boston Tea Party. The laws closed the Boston Harbor and forced colonists to house British soldiers in their homes.
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The First Continental Congress meets and agree to boycott British goods.
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Patrick Henry gives his most famous speech, "Give me Liberty or Give me Death."
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Congress sends petition to King George 3. He rejected the petition and sent more troops to Boston.
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First shots of the Revolutionary War
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Second Continental Congress Meets and name George Washington commander of Continental Army.
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First major battle of Revolutionary War
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Thomas Paine publishes Common Sense that colonists read during the war
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Drafted by Thomas Jefferson, the Declaration of Independence was approved.
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Baron Von Steuben trains the Continental Army at Valley Forge, Penn.
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Patriots win at Saratoga and General Burgoyne surrenders to General Gates.
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France signs an alliance with the United States.
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General Clinton captures 3000 Patriot soldiers as he takes Charlestown, South Carolina.
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General Cornwallis surrenders at Yorktown.
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Treaty of Paris was signed and officially ended the Revolutionary War.
