How Did The Colonists Declare Their Independence

There are many factors that led the colonists to declare their independence from Great Britain. The colonists didn't believe in any form of taxation. The Navigation Act, an act that required goods from non-English colonies to pass to America before being transported to America. The French and Indian War, a war between the French and their Indians allies and the British and their Indian allies. This war left Great Britain in a tremendous amount of war debt, in effect they made more taxes. The Stamp Act, an act that taxed all paper products, you had to have a stamp to buy or sell a product. The colonists boycotted because they didn't want to buy a stamp for every paper item that they bought. The colonists didn't believe in any form of taxation,
The Boston Massacre, an event when the harmless colonists were throwing "snowballs" and "sticks" at the British soldiers, then a British soldier shot at the harmless colonists because someone from behind was yelling "Fire!". At the beginning of the event their was 200 some people and at the end most men were injured and some killed. This led to the Boston Massacre Trials, in which John Adams defended Captain Preston and his men. The colonists were throwing "snowballs" and "sticks", which were actually chunks of ice and clubs. The colonists were saying that they were really innocent because they were throwing snowballs and sticks, and that they were completely harmless. It took three long weeks before Captain Preston and his men were proven innocent. The Tea Act, an act that taxed tea, so in result they got tea shipped from other places such as, the British Eat Isles plantations, and the Dutch. The colonists were not happy from so they petitioned and boycotted.The Boston Tea Party, an event then the Sons of Liberty and other colonists, dressed up as Indians and threw tons of tea overboard the ship's into the harbor, this caused a lot of trouble to