As the colonies grew, what events contributed to the war for independance from england?

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.

Sugar Act (1764). This British law charged duties on sugar imported by the colonies. ...

Currency Act (1751 and 1764). ...

Stamp Act (1765). ...

Quartering Act (1765). ...

Townshend Acts (1767). ...

Boston Massacre (1770). ...

Tea Act (1773). ...

Boston Tea Party (1773).

separation of powers, therefore, refers to the division of government responsibilities into distinct branches to limit any one branch from exercising the core functions of another.   the intent is to prevent the concentration of power and provide for checks and balances.  

the traditional characterizations of the powers of the branches of american government are:

* the legislative branch is responsible for enacting the laws of the state and appropriating the money necessary to operate the government.

* the executive branch is responsible for implementing and administering the public policy enacted and funded by the legislative branch.

* the judicial branch is responsible for interpreting the constitution and laws and applying their interpretations to controversies brought before it.

forty state constitutions specify that government be divided into three branches:   legislative, executive and judicial.   california illustrates this approach; "the powers of state government are legislative, executive, and judicial.   persons charged with the exercise of one power may not exercise either of the others except as permitted by this constitution."

while separation of powers is key to the workings of american government, no democratic system exists with an absolute separation of powers or an absolute lack of separation of powers. governmental powers and responsibilities intentionally overlap; they are too complex and interrelated to be neatly compartmentalized. as a result, there is an inherent measure of competition and conflict

minnesota:   minnesota house research,   separation of powers: when statutes and court rules conflict, 2005