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First revolutionary battle at Lexington and Concord. The British came over to take away all the colonies weapons but instead run into some angry, untrained army militia. The Americans won this battle. This proved to the British that Americans deserved respect. The Americans did not want their weapons taken and wanted freedom and respect. The colonists Although the colonists lost some men, they celebrated this major military win.

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A meeting between twelve of the thirteen colonies to discuss the colonial resistance to Parliaments Intolerable Act. They reversed the economic sanctions on the colonists hoping it would repeal the last Act. In the end, instead of signing for Independence, they signed for the Continental Association in its Declaration and Resolves, which called for a boycott of British goods.

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This was passed by the British on the Massachusetts colonists because of the Boston Tea Party. They shut down the Boston Harbor until all of the tea that was thrown overboard was paid for. The British gained money from this because of all the tea lost. This angered the colonists even more because there were more taxes and acts involved with this act.

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The colonists of Boston decided to protest against the new tax on tea by throwing the tea into the water. This resulted in the passage of Coercive Act and pushed the two sides closer to war. In the end, the British shut down the Boston Harbor until all the tea was paid for.

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British Parliament passed this act to save the East India Company from bankruptcy by lowering the tea tax it paid to the British government causing a monopoly tea trade. This angered the colonists and led to the Boston Tea Party, a protest to stop tax on tea.

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This was a street fight between a "Patriot" mob and the British soldiers. The mob was throwing snowballs, stones, and stick at the soldiers. Several of the colonists were killed and this led to a campaign by speech writers. This began on the evening of March 5, 1770 between British Private Hugh White and a few colonists outside the Custom House. The argument began to get more intense as more colonists gathered and began to harass and throw sticks and snowballs at Private White. In the end, a few people died which brought Boston together.

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Exchequer Charles Townshend in 1767, the Townshend Act put duties on glass, lead, paints, paper and tea imported into the colonies. This happened because they did not have enough money to supply the colonists from the other war. This was actually a series of laws and taxes which made the people mad.

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A declaration by the British Parliament to accompany the Stamp Act. It stated that the taxing in America is the same in Great Britain. Of course, Parliament won permission for this act. Directly taxed the colonies for revenue in the Sugar Act (1764) and the Stamp Act (1765). This happened to affirm the power of the Legislative for the colonies. Parliament was the same in Great Britain as it was in America. This act was the response to the Stamp act and they won, so they celebrated.

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"No taxation without representation!" The congress seemed to be a failure but ended up being the first Congress of America. Only 9 colonies sent delegates. This divided the congress. The Stamp Act Congress came together in hope to settle their differences and to join in mutual cause. In the end, only the colonial assemblies had the right to tax.

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This was a secret club formed as a response to the Stamp Act. They had many rituals, codes, secret meetings and metals. Their actions were more than ceremonial. They showed patriotism by participating in boycotts and protests following the passage of the Townshend Act. Samual Adams was a member of the Sons Liberty. The colonists probably appreciated them and saw them as normal people protesting with them.

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The British government, still in debt, decided to place another act on the colonists called the Stamp Act. It was placed directly for the Americans on all paper documents in the colonies. Nobody technically won the Stamp Act, but if there was a winner it would be the government. The country of Britain and its government gained money from this to pay off the debts from war. This whole thing was for the purpose to pay off their debt. The colonists of course did not agree or enjoy this and assumed it was an attempt to raise money without colonial legislative approval.

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The British Parliament imposed a tax to add six pence per gallon of molasses. British Parliament won. The government gained more money from this act. This was made to gain money and pay off the debt from war and for people to stop smuggling in trade. The colonists were not happy about this and had no problem speaking their minds about it.

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Parliament passed the Quartering Act for the purpose of colonists housing British soldiers. The soldiers had permission to stay in whatever house and the colonists could not do anything about it. The government won. The soldiers benefited from this by getting a roof over their head and food to eat. The soldiers needed shelter so parliament thought what better way to save money and time by allowing them to move into the colonists house. The colonists did not like this and rebelled.

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The Proclamation of 1763 involved the colonists, natives and King George III. King George put a Proclamation on the colonists so they would not settle to the west of the Appalachian mountain. King George won over the trust of the Natives as well. The colonists did not appreciate this considering some of them were already settling in the mountains at that time.