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The Stamp Act (March 1765), The Boston Massacre (March 1770), The Coercive…
The Stamp Act (March 1765)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9JJuVxtNOc
Stamp act
Adverse colonial reaction to the Stamp Act ranged from boycotts of British goods to riots and attacks on the tax collectors.
The Boston Massacre (March 1770)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1NRTmVOtV4
https://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/boston-massacre
The Boston Massacre had a major impact on relations between Britain and the American colonists. It further incensed colonists already weary of British rule and unfair taxation and roused them to fight for independence.
The Coercive Acts (March-June 1774)
https://www.mountvernon.org/library/digitalhistory/digital-encyclopedia/article/the-coercive-intolerable-acts-of-1774/
The Intolerable Acts were aimed at isolating Boston, the seat of the most radical anti-British sentiment, from the other colonies. Colonists responded to the Intolerable Acts with a show of unity, convening the First Continental Congress to discuss and negotiate a unified approach to the British.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHiLvNL_1c4
Lexington and Concord (April 1775)
https://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/battles-of-lexington-and-concord
The colonists were proud of the courage shown by the minutemen. ... The colonists stood up to the British at Lexington and Concord.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDRSE2Euxs4
British attacks on coastal towns (October 1775-January 1776)
https://www.history.com/news/american-revolution-causes
On October 18, 1775, the British Navy bombarded and burned the town of Falmouth, Massachusetts (known today as Portland, Maine).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HlUiSBXQHCw
The Townshend Acts (June-July 1767)
Colonists organized boycotts of British goods to pressure Parliament to repeal the Townshend Acts. As British customs officials arrived to collect taxes and prosecute smugglers, colonial opposition intensified, resulting in street demonstrations and protests that sometimes turned violent.
https://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/townshend-acts
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKGSda3sEVU
The Boston Tea Party (December 1773)
https://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/boston-tea-party
American colonists responded with protests and coordinated resistance by convening the First Continental Congress in September and October of 1774 to petition Britain to repeal the Intolerable Acts
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HiDaGZUDrJs
