Sugar Act (1764). This British law charged duties on sugar imported by the colonies. Several other products were also taxed.
Currency Act (1751 and 1764). Several Acts which regulated the issuing of money by the American colonist.
Stamp Act (1765). This British law required certain printed materials including newspapers in America be on paper produced in Brittan and stamped with a revenue stamp.
Quartering Act (1765). This act forced the colonist to provide food and shelter for British soldiers when needed.
Townshend Acts (1767). A series of acts passed By Brittan beginning in 1767 that taxed the colonies.
Boston Massacre (1770). An angry mob of colonist confronts British soldiers in Boston. Five colonists are killed.
Tea Act (1773). This act basically gave the British East India Company a monopoly on tea trade in the Americas.
Boston Tea Party (1773). In response to the Tea Act patriots dressed as American Indians dump British tea into Boston Harbor.
Intolerable Acts (1774). A series of laws also called the Coercive Acts passed by Brittan in response to the Boston Tea Party.
