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This English law will not let colonists settle west of the Appalachian Mountains.
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Imported molasses is taxed. The only molasses not taxed is from the British West Indies.
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There are no gold or silver mines and currency could only be obtained through trade. Colonists were not allowed to print own money. If they did, they wouldn't be able to trade.
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Parliament passed law that colonists had to pay anything that needed a stamp. They had to have special stamp or it will be illegal.
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Colonists give English soldiers food and shelter at no cost
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Protesting by colonists makes England repeal (take away) the Stamp Act
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Parliament had the right to rule and tax colonies
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England put more taxes on goods coming into America, including tea,lead, glass and paint
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Colonoists are smuggling. That way they won't be taxed. England wants to cut down on smuggling. Search warrants make it legal for English soldiers to come into homes of colonists to look for smuggled goods.
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The colonists boycott english goods to show they do not like taxes. England takes away the Townshend Act taxes. But England keeps tax on imported tea.
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Fighting breaks out between soldiers and colonists in Boston. When the dust cleared, five Bostonians were dead and ten were injured.
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England feels it must punish colonists for the 'tea party". England closes BostonHarbor until tea is paid for. English soldiers will stay in the Boston Area for awhile to keep an eye on the colonists.
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The British East India company can sell tea to colonial merchants who belong to the company. These merchants can sell tea cheaper than other merchants.
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Since the colonists were sick of the laws, they dressed up as Indians, went to Boston Harbor, and dumped 100 pounds of tea into the water.
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Was a convention of delegates from each colony. They had meetings at Carpenters Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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First military engagements of the American Revolutionary War.
