Tax on sugar, molasses, and other imports.

Required colonists to house and supply British soldiers.

Tax on all printed materials; major trigger for colonial resistance.

Taxes on imported goods like glass, lead, paint, and tea.

Granted the British East India Company a monopoly on tea sales.

Colonists dumped tea into Boston Harbor to protest the Tea Act.

Colonies met to discuss grievances and petition Parliament.

A conflict between Britain and France for control of North America, resulting in a British victory but also a large debt.

Acts that required goods to be shipped on British ships, regulating trade for British benefit.

Colonial delegates met to protest the Stamp Act and assert that taxation without representation was tyranny.

British Prime Minister who changed the course of the French and Indian War by reimbursing colonial assemblies.

Key leader of the Sons of Liberty.

Key leader of the Sons of Liberty.

Key leader of the Sons of Liberty.

The British monarch during the lead-up to the American Revolution.

Cause: Competition between Britain and France for North America. Effect: British victory, massive debt, end of salutary neglect.

Cause: British need for revenue. Effect: Colonial resistance, Stamp Act Congress, eventual repeal.

Cause: British attempt to bail out the East India Company. Effect: Boston Tea Party, Intolerable Acts.

Cause: The Tea Act. Effect: Intolerable Acts, increased tensions, move toward revolution.

Cause: Britain needed revenue after the French and Indian War. Effect: Increased British control, colonial resentment.

Cause: Need for British revenue and asserting authority. Effect: Colonial boycotts, increased tensions, and eventual repeal of most of the acts.

Cause: British desire to reduce the cost of stationing troops in the colonies. Effect: Colonial resentment and resistance, seen as an infringement on their rights.

Cause: British desire to control colonial trade for their own economic benefit. Effect: Colonial resentment and smuggling, but also some economic benefits for certain colonists.

Cause: Colonial belief that they should not be taxed without having representatives in Parliament. Effect: United colonial resistance and fueled the movement towards independence.

Cause: Colonial grievances and desire for a unified response to British policies. Effect: Petition to King George III, establishment of the Committee of Correspondence, and a move towards greater colonial unity.