Acts of Oppression
Imposed a tax on foreign molasses
Sugar Act of 1764
Secret Organization established to oppose British taxation of the 13 Colonies
Sons of Liberty
Settlement of Jamestown, Virginia is established
1607
Required the 13 Colonies to pay for the construction of British military housing
Quartering Act of 1765
This group resisted British taxation by boycotting imported goods such as paint
Daughters of Liberty
The Article "Join or Die" is published in the Pennsylvania Gazette
1754
Raised the cost of distributing newspapers
Stamp Act of 1765
This man circulated a drawing of the "Bloody Massacre"
Paul Revere
Colonists storm the home of a Stamp distributor in Boston
1765
Imposed taxes on glass, paint, paper, tea, and other imported goods
Townshend Acts of 1667
This man defended the British Troops accused of murder following the "Boston Massacre"
John Adams
Charles Townshend imposes a variety of new taxes on the 13 Colonies
1667
This Act caused mobs to protest and destroy property in Boston
Stamp Act of 1765
This man, of African and Native American decent, is thought to be the first colonist to be killed during the "Boston Massacre"
Crispus Attucks
The "Boston Massacre"
1770