Acts/Taxes
Tax on sugar that also allowed British soldiers to confiscate/search property without permission
Sugar Act
Turning point battle in the Northern Campaign that caused the British to turn their focus on conquering the South after the Patriots won.
Lexington and Concord
Tax on paper, which violated the right to free speech/communication
Stamp Act
Protest that led to the death of 5 colonists by British soldiers
Boston Massacre
Last battle of the Revolutionary War; British General Cornwallis surrendered to George Washington
Yorktown
Gave a monopoly on selling tea to the British East India Company
Tea Act
Symbolic protest that resulted in the destruction of private property.
Boston Tea Party
considered the turning point of the American Revolution.
Saratoga
Taxes on household goods, including tea that also violated the rights to property and fair trials
Townshend Duties
Led protest and boycotts against British taxes
Sons of Liberty
A series of laws passed by Parliament as punishment for the Boston Tea Party; set the precedent for the removal of self-government from the colonies
Intolerable Acts
Maintained boycotts by finding/creating alternatives to taxed goods
Daughters of Liberty