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Stamp Act
The colonists were furious about this because they used to print things all the time and they published a lot of goods, and it costed them tons and tons of money. -
Boston Massacre
Event where 5 colonists were killed by English guards. The colonists published multiple newspapers on this event and were not happy at all. -
Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party was a reaction to the Tea Act that Great Britain passed that made tea cheaper but they could only buy one kind of tea. They dressed up as Native Americans and threw nearly 2 million dollars worth of tea into the Boston Harbor. -
Intolerable Acts
Acts that were passed to tax the colonists on multiple things. The colonists were fed up and they didn't want to listen to the king anymore than they already had