American Revolution Unit 3

it limited their expansion east

they were not allowed to move west past the Appalachians

it disrupted their trade with Natives

it issued more taxes on the colonists

England was fed up with the colonists not paying taxes

England was punishing the colonists for starting a war with France

England needed money to continue fighting France

England needed to recover the cost from the French and Indian War

they were too broke to pay taxes

they did not like the tax collectors

they were not allowed representation in Parliament

People living in England did not have to pay taxes

system of trade that benefitted the Mother Country

allowed American colonists to create their own businesses

taxes passed on all imported goods

required colonists to house and feed British soldiers

tax passed on all imported goods

tax passed on all printed paper

caught smugglers

3 cent tax on tea

tax on all printed paper

tax on imported goods

3 cent tax on tea

colonists threw tea into the Boston Harbor

5 colonists were killed by British soldiers

civil disobedient protest against the tax on tea

first battle of Revolutionary War

protested a ban on selling beverages in the colonies

Parliament repealed the Stamp and Sugar Acts

King George allowed colonists to send a representative to Parliament

Closed Boston Harbor until colonists repaid the tea they destroyed

King allows colonists to petition for tax relief

Benedict Arnold would become the Commander in Chief of the Continental Army

They would try petitioning the King of England for a second time

George Washington was appointed the Commander in Chief of the Continental Army

They would tar and feather more tax collectors until they all left America

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