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The Navigation Acts were a set of laws that put restrictions on colonial trade, that increased British control over the economy. This was the start of a downward trend of the British trying to push their control over the colonies, and was when some people started to rebel against the british.
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The Proclamation of 1763 was issued by the British after their victory in the French and Indian war. Among many things, it made it so that the colonies were not allowed to expand west of the Appalachian Mountains. The colonists despised this law, and went out of their way to defy it by claiming more land. This proclamation further increased the initial wedge between Britain and the colonies.
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The Sugar Acts was the first of many laws that increased taxes on the colonists in the years leading up to the revolution. The Sugar Acts put taxes on more items, and made the punishment for being caught defying the act harsher. The Sugar Acts and the other acts around the same period further developed the idea that Britain could not tax the colonies without representation and that it was time to separate from Britain
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The Boston Massacre was an incident of violence that erupted between British Soldiers and a Boston mob. The event itself was rather small, in which a mob of people harassing the guards turned violent and ended with the death of 5 people. The implications it would have on the rebellion would be huge, as this was used by the patriots as a symbol that the British did not care for the colonists, and was used to fuel the rebellion all throughout the war.
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The Boston Tea Party was an act of defiance by the Sons of Liberty in which they dumped 342 chests of tea into the Boston Harbor. The event was the first big message sent to the British that the colonies could not be taxed without being represented. This act of Rebellion and others like it would lead the British to respond with the Intolerable Acts.
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The Intolerable Acts were a set of strict laws made to punish the colonies because of their protests like The Boston Tea Party. The laws shut down Boston Harbour, and allowed British Soldiers to take residence in vacant homes. This was the last straw for the peace, the colonists would not stand for this treatment, and the Revolutionary War would follow close after these acts.
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Following several battles fought between the British Soldiers and the Colonies, Colonial leaders met to create an article stating their independence from Britain, named the Declaration of Independence. It was voted unanimously to accepted it on July 4th. This Declaration meant the Unification of America, and declared our freedom from the British, causing the Revolutionary War to really begin.
