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Stamp Act
The Stamp Act was a tax on printed items like newspaper, pamphlets, and playing cards. -
Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre was a violent class between the British soldiers and the sons of liberty. This caused tensions to rise and more colonists to be upset with the British. -
Tea act
Colonists were wondering if king George 3 and the British parliment would continue to collect taxes on their tea. -
Boston tea party
The Boston tea party is a tax that forced the colonists to pay for the tea when they didn't want to. The sons of liberty refused to pay the tax. Three ships were full of British tea. The sons of liberty dumped all the tea in the ocean because they didn't want to pay the tax. Nobody ever had to pay taxes again and waste their money on tea. -
Intolerable Acts
The Intolerable Acts was a result of the British's fury Over the Boston Tea Party. There were Three new laws passed that were aimed at Massachusetts and one towards all 13 colonies. -
The Battle of lexington
The Battle of Lexington was the first battle of the Revolutionary War. The minutemen killed 73 British soldiers and about 50 colonies died.