Background: Issued by King George III after Britain won the Seven Years' War

What happened?: prohibited Anglo-American colonists from settling on lands acquired from the French following the French and Indian War

Impact: This angered many colonists, and this also eradicated slavery and this was an attempt to reunite the country

Background: Britain needed more money to reduce the debt they were in and also make colonial trade more strict

What happened?: The Sugar Act imposed taxes on sugar and molasses imported into the American colonies.

Impact: This angered colonists, hurt trade, and increased tensions

Background: Britain needed money for the troops stationed in the colonies during the seven years war

What happened?: Required colonists to purchase a stamp for all printed items and documents

Impact: This made protests, "No Taxation without Representation", also erupted the economy and made colonists mad

Background: This was a response to the unfair British Taxation. Wanted to prevent the British Empire from receiving money and goods from the colonies.

What happened?: They were a secret organization that protested, boycotted, and sometimes used violence because of British policies and taxation.

Impact: Influential in organizing and carrying out the Boston Tea Party. They brought widespread colonial resistance.

Background: Parliament's attempt to answer the question of where and how British soldiers would be quartered in the American colonies

What happened?: Act that required American colonies to provide housing and supplies for British troops

Impact: Colonists were mad as this was unfair, this fueled their anger toward British parliament and caused violence.

Background: Britain attempted to assert dominance over the colonies by a series of laws

What happened?: Initiated taxes on glass, lead, paint, paper, and tea.

Impact: This raised the price of tea and hurt Colonial shipping companies

Background: A result of growing tensions between the British Parliament and the colonists in Boston

What happened?: An argument escalated into a riot outside the Customs House. British soldiers fired into a crowd of colonists, killing five people and wounding six others

Impact: This organized a propaganda campaign to turn public opinion against the British, widely circulated

Background: Goal was to bail out the floundering East India Company, a key actor in the British economy

What happened?: The act allowed the company to sell a lot of tea directly to the colonies, ignoring colonial merchants, while keeping a tax on tea

Impact: This angered colonists and would further lead to the Boston Tea Party

Background: Colonists were mad by the Tea Act and taxation without representation

What happened?: A group of colonists, disguised as Native Americans, boarded British ships and dumped 342 chests of tea into Boston Harbor

Impact: British made stricter laws and this made colonists even more angrier

Background: Britain enacted these laws to punish the colonies, mostly Massachusetts for the Boston Tea Party

What happened?: The Intolerable Acts included closing the Boston Harbor, limiting colonial government, and allowing British soldiers to be housed in private homes

Impact: The acts united the colonies against Britain, leading to the First Continental Congress

Background

Background: Colonies wanted to respond collectively to the Intolerable Acts and the British policies

What happened?: Delegates from 12 of the 13 colonies met in Philadelphia to discuss a response

Impact: They boycotted British goods, promoted colonial unity, and paved the way for future resistance.

Background: Tensions were high as British troops were ordered to seize colonial weapons and arrest rebel leaders in Massachusetts. Tension was great in Massachusetts.

What happened?: The first shots of the American Revolution were fired in Lexington, followed by a confrontation in Concord

Impact: This marked the first fight of the Revolutionary War and paved the way for the rest of the war to come.