Answer:
1. Great Britain incurs a huge war debt from the French and Indian War.
The French and Indian war had cost the British a lot of money and they needed cash to settle their debt.
2. Stamp Act imposed the first direct tax on the colonists.
They passed the Stamp act to enable them recoup some cash to pay for their debt.
3. Colonial resentment increases
The Colonists began to feel resentment because they felt they were being unfairly taxed yet they were not making much.
4. Repeal of Stamp Act
The Stamp Act was repealed a year afterwards due to the widespread resentment against the Act.
5. British revenue increases
British revenue eventually increased as the British restricted the Colonists to trading only with the British.
6. Colonists refused to buy British goods.
As the Colonists became more resistant, they refused to buy British goods which they viewed as being forced on them.
7. Boston Tea Party
The Colonist boarded a ship and burnt an entire shipment of tea sent b the British in defiance of an Act that they viewed as unjust.
8. Coercive Acts/ Intolerable Acts
In response, the British passed the Intolerable Acts to try to bring the Colonists back under the firm control of the British. Instead, it led to War only a year later.
