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The Parliamentary Act that forbade American expansion west of the Appalachian Mts was the 

British soldiers stationed in Boston were harassing the citizens in the streets and eventually opened fire despite pleas for mercy during the Boston Massacre.

Angry with Parliament’s persistence on unfair treatment in the colonies, the Sons of Liberty dressed up like Indians and dumped hundreds of crates filled with tea into Boston Harbor. This became known as:

After the Boston Massacre, Parliament repealed the Townshend Acts but kept a tax on this staple commodity

This group of people supported the ratification of the Constitution and eventually became a powerful political party in the United States

The American colonists were angry with incessant British taxes primarily on the grounds that they were not adequately represented in England

Although the Americans repelled the British advance twice at the Battle of Bunker Hill, they were eventually overwhelmed because:

One primary concern among the antifederalists was the lack of this in the Constitution 

Groups of investors would form these to pool resources to sponsor voyages to the New World while sharing the risk and rewards of such an expedition:

The Articles of Confederation allowed for a powerful national government that would be severely weakened under the Constitution