| A | B |
| Sugar Act | This act put a tax on goods such as molasses |
| Declaratory Act | This act said that Parliament had full authority in all cases whatsoever |
| Quebec Act | This act claimed that the land between the Ohio and Missouri Rivers as part on Canada |
| Quartering Act | This act forced colonists to house soldiers and provide them with food and other supplies |
| Townshend Acts | This act established the writs of assistance as a method to search the colonists' homes and it also put a tax on lead, tea, paint, paper, and glass |
| Tea Act | This act gave the East India Company a monopoly on the market by lowering the price of their product while the competitors had to have a heftier tax on their product |
| Stamp Act | This act put a tax on all printed goods |
| Proclamation of 1763 | Forbid colonists from moving west of the Appalachian Mountains |
| Intolerable Acts | These cut town meetings, strengthened the Quartering Act, closed the port of Boston, and abolished the upper house of the Massachusettes legislature |
| Boston Massacre | Angry protesters of the Townshend Acts provoke a British response that kills 5 colonists |
| Boston Tea Party | The cause of the Intolerable Acts |
| Olive Branch Petition | The colonists attempted to peacefully resolve differences with Britain, but the king ordered soldiers to the colonies instead |