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Series of laws that had regulated foreign trade across the British empire. -
The British started placing and reinforcing restrictions and tax policies on the 13 colonies after the French and Indian War. -
banned the settlement of Anglo-American colonists on territory purchased from the French after the French and Indian War. -
stated that goods imported into the American colonies from non-British Caribbean sources, such as sugar and molasses, would be subject to a high tax -
Groups of American colonists who disagreed with British rule of the colonies. -
Required colonists to pay a tax, which was represented by a stamp. -
Initiated taxes on glass, lead, paint, paper, and tea -
Where seven British soldiers fired at a crowd of volatile Bostonians, which led to 5 being dead and wounding 6 people, then angering the entire colony. -
A way for the colonists to communicate to share ideas and talk about plans for gaining independence from Britian. -
to send the King as a last attempt to prevent formal war being declared. -
The Americans should trust their own feelings about what was right and how the country should be run, just as they did with any other decisions. -
A protest of the tax on tea, levied without representation from the British Parliament and against the monopoly of the East India Company. -
The colonists declared that they should have the same rights as Englishmen. -
A series of four laws the British parliament passed to punish the colony of Massachusetts Bay for the Boston Tea Party. -
Argued that war with Britain was inevitable and a militia should be raised to defend American liberties. -
Where the famous shot was heard around the world, which marked the start of the American Warr of Independence. -
Established a Continental Army and elected George Washington as the Commander-in-chief. -
When all the 13 colonies finally decided to meet to declare independence from British rule.