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Taxed import of Molasses
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Forbid settlers from moving west of the Appalachian Mountains
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New taxes on trade, James Otis argues that taxation without representation violates colonists liberties
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taxed almost all printed materials, including news, papers, pamphlets, wills, mortgages, deeds, licenses, diplomas, and even playing cards
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the new chancellor of the Exchequer introduced new regulations and taxes
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Pleading not to buy any British goods until Parliament repealed the Stamp Act
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A shooting when three people lay dead, two more would die later, and six others were wounded
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Several thousand people on the shore cheered as Hewes and the other men dumped 342 chests of tea into the Boston Harbor
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laws that were intended to punish Massachusetts and end colonial challenges to British authority
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The congress voted to "adopt" the militia army surrounding Boston and they named the Continental Army
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As the war dragged on, more and more Patriots began to think that the time has come to declare independence, although they feared the most colonists were still loyal to the king
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In early July a committee comprised of John Adams, Benjamin, Franklin, Roger Sherman, Robert Livingston, and Thomas Jefferson submitted a document that Jefferson drafted, explaining why it was time for independence
