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The French-Indian War was the war that caused the british to be in debt and that caused them to place taxes on the Colonists. -
The British started taxing the Colonists to pay off their debt from the French-Indian War, The Stamp act was a tax on all paper goods, like paper and playing cards. -
The Declaratory Act was a document by the British that canceled, or repealed, the Stamp act of 1765. -
The Townshend Act was a tax on household items like glass, lead, paint, paper, and tea. -
The Boston Massacre was a time when the British soldiers started firing on the Colonists, killing five and wounding others. -
The Boston Tea Party is when the colonists, some disguised as indians, when aboard the ship, and started dumping 90,000 pounds of tea into the Boston Harbor. -
The intolerable acts is when the British closed the Boston Harbor and punished the colonists for the Boston Tea Party. -
The Quartering act is when colonists were forced to provide food and shelter for the Redcoats. -
This was the first battle of the American Revolution and where the "Shot Heard Around The World" was made, it was the first shots of the American Revolution. -
They planned to further act upon if the British did not repeal or change the acts. -
A pamphlet made by Thomas Paine, it was suggesting independence from Great Britain and The Redcoats. -
This was a document that announced freedom and independence from the British.