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Required stamps to be place on things that were printed. It was the first tax the British put on the colonist.
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This was the first direct tax on the colonists from the British.
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The commander of Gaspee often searched ships without a warrent. Sent his crew to shore to seaze food and not pay for it. Then 150 colonists attacked and burned down his ship.
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A means of international communication
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The government made a tea act that put a tax on tea. This angered the colonists greatly so they went abouard a ship in the Boston harbor and dumped 1,253 chests of tea into the harbor.
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Laws that were intended to punish Massachusetts and end colonial challenges to the British
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This act gave quebec more land and gave the king total power over quebec.
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Declared the arrival or the British troops a Military invasion.
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The British were going to arrest the congress. They set out on a road in Cocord. In Lexington 70 miniutemen fought them and killed 8 people.
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When the British arrived, Pual Revere warned all the miniute men.
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Appointed George Washington commander of the new army.
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The day before The Battle of Bunker Hill, he was put to the test and eventually he became presedent.
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The Patriots used spies to find out that the British were going to attack bunker hill. The battle actually ended up being fought on Breed's Hill
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Made on July 5th but was recieved by the king on July 8th. The colonists wanted rights but the wanted to stay loyal to the king.
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This document stated that any colonists who rebelled were to be subject of severe penalty.
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The colonist troops defeated Governor Dunmore's troops near Norfolk Virginia. The the British left and the patriots took over again.
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Persuasive pamphlet that turned everyone against the British King.
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The evacuation of Boston occured because there was a liberation of Boston by the colonists making British toops and Royalists to leave Boston
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The document that gave rights to American citizens and made the colonies not joined with Britian.
