Taxation Acts
The British Parliament passed several acts to tax the American colonies, including:
The Stamp Act: A tax on paper used for legal, official, and everyday documents.
The Townshend Acts: Taxes on various exports to America.
The Boston Massacre
In March 1770, British troops fired on colonists protesting taxes in Boston.
The Boston Tea Party
A significant act of defiance by American colonists, where they dumped 342 chests of tea into the ocean in protest of the Tea Act.
The Intolerable Acts
A series of laws passed by the British Parliament in the mid-1770s in response to the Boston Tea Party.
The Continental Congress
Led by men like Patrick Henry, Sam Adams, John Adams, and George Washington, the Continental Congress resisted the Intolerable Acts.