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Causes in between 1763 and 1775
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King George lost alot of money.
He lost alot of money due to buying alot of war supplies. -
Parliment enacts to the Townshed Acts.
The Townshend Acts passed new taxes, which angered colonists because they had no representation in Parliament -
The Boston Massacre
In the Boston Massacre the British started firing at a crowd. After the crowd started to yell bad things. 5 people died. -
Parliment votes to repeal Stamp Act.
The Stamp Act placed a small tax on all kinds of paper goods such as contracts, diplomas, newspapers, almanacs, deeds, warrants, shipping bills, calendars, etc.