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Sugar act
where the colonial merchants had been required to pay a tax of six pence per gallon the colonist were very upset about the tax -
The Currency Act
On September 1 1764 is one of many several acts of the parliament of great britain that regulated paper money issued by the colonist of british america -
Stamp Act
The stamp act was passed by the British Parliament on March 22 1765 the tax was imposed on the american colonists and made them pay taxes on every single piece of paper they used -
The Quartering Act
The quartering Act required the colonies to house the british soldiers in barracks provided by the colonies -
Boston Tea Party
A group of colonist protested thirteen years of increasing british oppression by throwing millions of dollars of tea into the harbor -
The Boston Port Act
The Boston Port Act was to close the port until all the destroyed tea was paid for -
The Quebec Act
Passed by the british parliament to institute a permanent administration in Canada replacing the temporary government -
The Shot heard around the world
where the soldiers were ready for war and shot fire and that's when war started -
2nd Continental Congress
The 2nd continental Congress was a convention of delegates from the thirteen colonies that stared meeting in the spring of 1775 in Philadelphia -
Articles of confederation
the first constitution of united states
