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Period: to
the american revoloution
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the stamp act
when the parliament passed a law that all colonists were required to purchase special stamped paper for every one of their legal documents. -
parliament repeals the stampact
parliament repeals the stamp act that was put on the colonies. -
townshed acts
inderect taxes and duties put on important material such as lead paint paper and glass. -
the boston massacre
a disput over jobs that lead to three men being killed and 2 others being fatally wounded. -
boston tea party
a group of patriots invaded the british ships docked at the docks of boston and threw tea overboard into the ocean. -
first continental congres is formed
56 delagates met in phillidelphia and drew up the decleration of colonial rights -
the begining of the intolerable acts
a series of laws pressed onto the colonies.
