Toward Independence

To prevent colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains

To encourage colonists to settle in Indigenous territories

To expand British territory into the west

To reduce the number of British soldiers in the colonies

It was passed without colonial representation

It required them to house British troops

It imposed taxes on tea

It restricted westward expansion

British troops firing into a crowd of colonists in 1770

The Boston Tea Party in 1773

The passing of the Intolerable Acts

The meeting of the First Continental Congress

Forming the First Continental Congress and organizing militias

Throwing tea into Boston Harbor

Boycotting the Stamp Act

Protesting the Quartering Act

Meet again in May

Organize a protest in Boston

Declare independence from Britain

Send another message to King George

Parliament made laws opening more lands to settlement.

Parliament passed more laws that directly affected the colonies.

Parliament abolished the policy that British citizens could trade with any country.

Parliament decreed all British citizens must serve in either the army or navy.

It planned the Boston Tea Party.

It published the Declaration of Independence.

It called for a boycott of British goods.

It armed militiamen in Lexington and Concord.