British Acts

Shipment of its surplus tea to the colonies to sell below the price of the colonial merchants

France's expansion into the Ohio River Valley led to conflicts with the claims of the British. 

Tax on paper, lead, paint, glass and tea. 

Forced Colonists to open their homes to British troops. 

Tax on sugar, wine molasses and other goods. 

Declared Parliament the right to make laws for the Colonists.

Direct tax on all paper used 

Closed Boston's ports to all trade except for supplies for the British troops. 

American colonists would not be able to build new settlements west of the Appalachian Mountains

Laws restricted the use of foreign ships for trade between every country except Britain.