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the Sugar Act cut the duty on foreign molasses from 6 to 3 pence retained a high duty on foreign refined sugar, and prohibited the importation of all foreign rum. -
an act of the Parliament of Great Britain which imposed a direct tax on the British colonies in America and required that many printed materials in the colonies be produced on stamped paper from London. -
declaration by the British Parliament that accompanied the repeal of the Stamp Act. -
To help pay the expenses involved in governing the American colonies, Parliament passed the Townshend Acts, which initiated taxes on glass, lead, paint, paper, and tea. -
The Boston Massacre was a confrontation in Boston, in which a group of nine British soldiers shot five people out of a crowd of three or four hundred who were harassing them verbally and throwing various projectiles. -
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The act granted the company the right to ship its tea directly to the colonies without first landing it in England. -
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Paul Revere rides to warn the Sons of Liberty in Lexington and Concord that the "British are coming... The British are coming.."