British Acts and Colonial Reactions

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  • Stamp Act

    Britain passes the Stamp Act. This is a tax that requires colonists to purchase special stamps to prove payment of tax.

  • Townshend Acts

    Britain taxes colonial imports and stations troops at major American ports.

  • Boston Massacre

    5 colonsits are killed by British military as part of an angry mob.

  • Tea Act

    British gives favorable concessions to the East India Tea Co. putting colonial teas out of business.

  • Intolerable Acts

    King George III close Boston Harbor and quarters troops in the colonies.

  • Lexington and Concord

    First battle of Revolutionary War, starts as British try to seize colonial weapons and armory.