We need the money to repay for the French and Indian War!
Colonists! King George III has implemented a tax. This means that sugar, molasses, and liquor will be taxed!
We need sugar! Taxing those won't help anyone!
That's what you say! How can we trust you'll actually use the money for that? This is unfair!
Are you kidding me? This new stamp act is the worst! I shouldn't have to pay for my Birth Certificate; it's illegal not to have it!
Even these playing cards have to be stamped! This is just plain ridiculous!
Stop in the name of the law!
The Sugar Act was crucial to the formation of Independence because this was the first main tax placed upon the colonists.
We may have repealed other taxes, but the tea act still stands!
Dressing up as Natives to destroy the tea was genius!
The Stamp Act was important to independence because this act was extremely unfair, and this created a thought in the back of colonists' minds that this was a pattern really a problem.
Boston Tea Party
The Boston Massacre was important to independence because this event sparked revolution in the colonists. The colonists believed that killing colonists was crossing the line of oppression.
First Continental Congress
Thank you, everyone, for coming to Philadelphia to our First Continental Congress. Any thoughts on what we should do?
The tea act was crucial to the call for independence because this was the final straw that sparked the protests. Tea was a part of the colonists culture, so keeping the tea act was cruel.
But tea is part of our culture! You can't do this!
The Boston Tea Party was important to independence because it was the most threatening response the colonists had to a tax so far.
Let's get rid of all 342 crates, Sons of Liberty!
The First Continental Congress was important to independence because this was a meeting to discuss a peaceful response to a tax, which is a big step towards independence because peacefully responding to an argument is civil.
Before we do anything rash, we should write a letter to King George III to tell him what we'd like to change.
We should call this letter we wrote "Declaration of Rights and Grievances" to get our point across.