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The Proclamation of 1763 was issued by King George III to stop colonial expansion westward. It stated that colonists could not live west of the Appalachian Mountains because Britain wanted the land to stay with Native Americans, who were Britain's allies. Britain wanted to keep Native Americans and colonists away from each other in order to prevent colonists from taking more Native American land, and Native Americans rebelling against the colonists.

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The Sugar Act, passed in 1764, put a tax on goods such as sugar, molasses, and other products that colonists received.  Parliament made sure that the act was enforced, and severely punished all smugglers. Colonial merchants became angered by this act.

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The Stamp Act, passed in 1765, required all documents in the colonies have a certain stamp on it. Published material, like newspapers, had to be printed on paper with a stamp on it. This stamp could be obtained only if the author of the document paid a tax for it. Also, it could only be paid for with a silver coin, which were rare in the colonies. This act rose the issue that colonists were being taxed without representation in the government.

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The Quartering Act, which was passed in 1765 by Parliament, forced colonists to house British troops. They were also forced to provide troops with supplies. The Quartering Act outraged colonists, who felt is was unfair of Britain to force colonists to provide for the British troops. New York Colony preferred to be asked and then give their consent for housing British troops, so they refused to comply with this law.

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The Stamp Act Congress, which took place in October 1765 in New York, met to discuss how to deal with the Sugar Act and Stamp Act. Suggested by James Otis, it at first seemed like a failure. Only 9 of the colonies sent delegates to this meeting. This meeting is very important to our American history because this was the first time that colonists came together and debated about how they should react to Parliament's actions. This is where colonists realized that they had similar ideals in mind for the colonies, and took a key step to declaring independence against Britain.

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The Declaratory Act, which was passed in 1766, stated that Parliament had every right to tax the colonists. While it did repeal the Stamp Act, it actually made life harder on the colonists. It stated Parliament could tax the colonists "in all cases whatsoever." Colonists were outraged that Parliament would allow themselves to have full authority over taxing the colonies.

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The Townshend Acts, passed in 1767, put import duties on glass, lead, paper, paints, and tea. Parliament thought that the colonists would accept indirect taxes, such as import duties. But colonists thought of it as a misuse of power by Great Britain.

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The Boston Massacre, which occurred on March 5, 1770, was a key factor in starting the American Revolution.  Colonists were heckling and snowballing British troops. As a result of this British troops shot numerous times at the colonists, killing 5 civilians. The captain of these troops was Capt. Thomas Preston, who was arrested for manslaughter along with 8 of his troops. All of them were later acquitted from their charges.

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The Tea Act of 1773 was brought upon the colonists by the British government, which was heavily in debt.  The main purpose of this act was to help the East India Company, which was key to the British economy.  This act allowed the East India Company to have full control of tea imported to the colonies. This meant that tea that came into the colonies was taxed. While the purpose of this act was not to increase colonist expenses, the expenses went up and colonists became angry, which lead to the Boston Tea Party.

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The Boston Tea Party, which occurred on the night of December 16, 1773 was an escalation of the Tea Act. Colonists opposed Britain's right to tax the colonies, so Samuel Adams and the Sons of Liberty boarded three tea ships in Boston harbor and threw 342 chests of tea into the water. After this, Britain passed the Coercive Acts and pushed Britain and the colonists closer to war.

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Britain was fed up with colonial actions, but after the Boston Tea Party, Britain was pushed over the line. The Intolerable Acts closed down the Boston harbor until the owners of the tea were compensated, town meetings were banned, and the royal governor was given even more power. Also, British troops who were on trial were to be tried outside of Massachusetts.

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As a response to the Coercive Acts Parliament passed, the first Continental Congress occurred in Carpenter's Hall in Philadelphia.  56 delegates from every colony except Georgia met to discuss how the colonists were going to deal with British actions.  This meeting lead colonists to start resisting British actions.  The phrase "no taxation without representation" resulted from resisting Britain.

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The battles of Lexington and Concord were the first battles colonists and Britain fought in the Revolutionary War.  These battles were fought on April 19, 1775 as a result of the growing tension between colonists and Britain.  British troops marched from Boston to Concord because of military supplies that were being stored there by colonists.  Minutemen confronted British troops in Lexington, and Paul Revere's famous ride began.  Paul Revere and two other riders rode from Lexington to Concord using different routes to warn Concord that the British were coming. These two battles were the official start of the Revolutionary War.

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