The Stamp Act (1765) - Tax on stamps in the colonies, meaning you had to pay a tax every time you wanted to mail something
Quartering Act (1765) - Forced Americans to feed and house British soldiers when needed
Townsend Acts (1767) - Series of various taxes imposed on colonies
Boston Massacre (1770) - Angry mob of colonists harass British soldiers in Boston, soldiers get mad and fire into the crowd. Five people are killed.
Tea Act (1773) - Gave the British East India Company a monopoly on tea in the colonies, allowing the company to raise prices as high as they wanted.
Intolerable Acts (1774) - A series of acts in response to the Boston Tea Party that included closing Boston's port, allowing British soldiers to be tried in England rather than America, and a new and improved Quartering Act.