-
It was the first permanent settlement. -
It was the first colonial legislature. -
It had Pilgrims which brought religious dissenters. -
It was a social contract for governing. -
It required the British to have debt. -
The tax on imported sugar and seen as a right violation -
Was tax on documents and good and was a widespread protest. -
It created British tea monopoly and sparked the Boston Tea Party -
The British retaliation and the colonists labeled them as "Intolerable Acts" -
It boycotted British goods and militias and committees of safety.