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The British pass The Stamp Act
The new tax was forced on all American colonists and required them to pay a tax on all printed paper they used. It was created to help pay the costs of defending the frontier. -
The British pass the Tea Act
The British East India Company applied new taxes on tea for the American colonists. -
The British pass The Intolerable Acts
The Intolerable Acts were created to punish the colonists for the boston tea party. It then angered the colonists by:
- Closing the Port of Boton till the wasted tea was paid for.
- Not punishing British soldiers for crime they were committing in the colonies.
- Restricting town meetings
- Extending Canadian borders leading to the land loss of Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Virginia
- The colonist were required to house and feed the British soldiers
This causes a rebellion within the colonies. -
The Declaration of Independence