It's going to cost extra, ma'am, because of the Stamp Act
The Townshend Acts
This is unfair!
Townshend Acts
Boston Massacre
The Stamp Act was a tax against paper goods, whether that being newspapers, legal documents, pamphlets, etc.
Boston Tea Party
Throw only the tea!
The Townshend Acts were a series of laws passed by Parliament that took away different freedoms and added new taxes such as paper, paint, lead and glass.
Coercive Acts
The Boston Massacre was an event that leaded to British soldiers shooting into a crowd of colonists, which ended in five colonist deaths.
Battle of Lexington and Concord
FIRE!!
The Boston Tea Party was an event where angry colonists threw tea off British ships. A total of 342 chests of tea were thrown into the water.
The Coercive Acts were set on the colony of Massachusetts to punish them for the events that occurred at the Boston Tea Party.
More unfair stuff?!
The Battle of Lexington and Concord was the first battle in the revolution, or what started the war. It took place April 19, 1775.