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Sugar act
British taxed sugar and molasses.
The colonists rebelled against this -
Quartering act
The British soldiers permitted to use citizens houses to sleep and eat.
THe colonists did not like this and rioted -
Boston massacre
Group of unarmed Bostonians shot upon by British soldiers
colonists demanded British troops removed -
Boston tea party
Boston people disguised as Indians dump a shipment of tea into harbour
Britan is agrivated -
Intolerable acts
the Coercive Acts- used to punish colonists
colonists sent list of grievances to Britan -
First continental congress
delegates meet in Philidalphia
this unified the people -
Stamp act
required a govenment tax stamp on all legal documents
colonists refused to use stamps and started riots
