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Great Britain had won the French and Indian War but they still had to pay for it. To be able to do so, they taxed the colonists and the colonists were not happy about it.

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After Great Britain won the French and Indian War, Parliament still had to pay for it. The British continued to stand guard to protect the colonists from Indian attacks. The be able to pay for this army, Prime Minister George Grenville asked Parliament if they could start taxing the colonists.

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In 1764, the Sugar Act was passed to raise money for Britain from the colonies, which continued to anger the colonists. Parliament still continued to pass act after act.

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This act required colonists to pay for an official stamp, or seal when they bought paper items. They had to pay taxes on legal documents, newspapers, pamphlets, licenses, deeds, wills, and even playing cards.

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In October of 1765, nine colonies met in New York to discuss the Stamp Act. They declared that the act was a violation of their rights and liberties. Parliament then repealed the Stamp Act in 1766.

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Parliament members were upset that the colonists challenged their authority. By this, Parliament issued the Declaratory Act, which gave Parliament power to make the laws for all the colonies "in all cases whatsoever." This act stripped much of the colonist's independence.

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In June of 1767, Parliament passed the Townshend Act. This act placed duties on paper, paint, tea, glass, and lead. To help enforce these acts, British officials used writs of assistance, which allowed tax collectors to search for smuggled goods.

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On March 5, 1770, after a British soldier and a colonists got in to an argument, a group of soldiers and colonists gathered and starting fighting. The soldiers suddenly shot into the crowd killing five men, including African American Crispus Attucks. Colonists marked this as the Boston Massacre.

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Cripus Attucks is was a black man who was killed in 1770 at the Boston Massacre by the British soldiers. He was the first casualty of the American Revolution.

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Parliament agreed and passed the Tea Act in 1773, which let the British East India Company sell tea to the colonists. Many colonists and smugglers feared that they might put them out of business.

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On December 16,1773, colonists disguised themselves as Native Americans and snuck onto three tea-filled ships and dumped more than 340 tea chest into the Boston Harbor. This became known as the Boston Tea Party.

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The new British prime minister, Lord North, was angry at what the colonists did during the Boston Tea Party. Parliament decided to punish Boston and they passed the Coercive Acts in the spring of 1774. The colonists called these laws the Intolerable Acts.