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ended the French and Indian War/Seven Years' War between Great Britain and France, as well as their respective allies. -
cut the duty on foreign molasses from 6 to 3 pence per gallon, retained a high duty on foreign refined sugar, and prohibited the importation of all foreign rum. -
initiated taxes on glass, lead, paint, paper, and tea. -
seven British soldiers fired into a crowd of volatile Bostonians, killing five, wounding another six, and angering an entire colony -
an American political and mercantile protest on December 16, 1773, by the Sons of Liberty in Boston in colonial Massachusetts. -
A document that declared that the United States was independent from Britain and that a new country would be formed out of its former colonies. -
designed to protect the security and power of the small states by limiting each state to one vote in Congress, as under the Articles of Confederation -
a theater of the Seven Years' War, which pitted the North American colonies of the British Empire against those of the French, each side being supported by various Native American tribes. -
was to help pay for British troops stationed in the colonies during the Seven Years' War. -
outlined a strong national government with three branches: legislative, executive, and judicial.