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King George III ordered no more colonial settlement on the west side of the Appalachian Mountains. The colonists winded up being angry because they wanted more land.
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This law had taxed molasses and sugar for impacting merchants. When a smuggling merchant was caught they were deemed guilty until proven guilty. Where "no taxation without representation" came from.
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Lead to the current 3rd Amendment. The British soildiers were living in the colonists' houses eating their food and taking their jobs.
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The VERY FIRST direct tax was this. It was taxed on the colonists & the merchants.
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This was the law that declared England's authority to make laws for the colonies. The act didn't last to long since the colonists didn't like it.
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Britain (Red coats) killed 5 colonists. The colonists would throw snowballs filled with sticks and stones to throw at them.
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There was a colonial opposition against British policy. This is where there was a voice for the Patriots.
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The tax on British tea was lowered. Made competition between the non-British tea colonists smugglers.
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Colonists went out at night and dumped 342 chests of tea into the Boston Harbor dressed as Indians. They did it because they felt forced to buy the tea.
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These were the acts that shut down the Boston Harbor, expanded the Quartering Act and stopped elections. This was King George III's punishment to the colonists.
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This was the 1st Revolutionary Battle @ Lexington & Concord. No one still today knows who made the first shot.
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Thomas Paine is the author of "Common Sense". This was the push for independence for the colonists.
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There are 56 signatures and 15 states up there. It was a sign of individual liberty.
