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The French and Indian war was a war fought between the French and Great Britain and in the end, Britain had to tax their colonists because of the cost of the war. -
The Sugar Act taxed sugar and decreased taxes on molasses, which restricted smuggling. -
The Stamp Act was a direct tax on legal documents, newspapers, and playing cards, which would be shown by a stamp. -
This act which was passed by Parliament in Britain required colonial leaders and authorities to pay and provide food, shelter, fuel, drinks, and transportation for British redcoats within the towns or villages in the colonies. -
Four acts were passed by Parliament to attempt to assert authority over the colonies; these acts included the Quartering Act, Suspending Act, Revenue Act, and the Indemnity Act. -
The Boston Massacre was a riot where colonists threw snowballs, rocks, and other objects at a group of British soldiers, and they opened fire and killed five people. -
The Boston Tea Party was to protest the tax on tea, colonists dumped chests of imported tea overboard. -
The Coercive Acts, also referred to as the Intolerable Acts, were enacted by British Parliament in response to the colonists’ retaliation. These acts included The Quebec Act, Quartering Act, Massachusetts Government Act, and the Administration of Justice Act. -
The Continental Congress was a governing body that American colonial governments organized their resistance to British rule during the first two years of the American Revolution. They also talked about acts like the Intolerable Acts. -
When British troops were at Concord, they heard a shot early in the morning (it can not be determined which side it was from) which led to a brief fight which left eight Americans dead.