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Stamp Act
https://www.gilderlehrman.org/history-resources/spotlight-primary-source/stamp-act-1765 Tax introduced on legal documents to pay for the defense of colonies -
Boston Massacre
https://ap.gilderlehrman.org/resource/paul-revere%27s-engraving-boston-massacre-1770 The Boston massacre was when British soldiers shot and killed several people while being harassed by a mob in Boston. It was important because when each round ended "five civilians lay dead or dying, including Crispus Attucks, an African American merchant sailor who had escaped from slavery more than twenty years earlier." -
Tea Act
https://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/tea-act#:~:text=In%20an%20effort%20to%20save,sell%20tea%20in%20the%20colonies. The act granted the company the right to ship its tea directly to the colonies without first landing it in England, and to commission agents who would have the sole right to sell tea in the colonies -
Boston Tea Party
https://dp.la/primary-source-sets/the-boston-tea-party The Boston Tea Party was when "over one hundred American colonists dressed as Native Americans boarded three merchant ships in Boston Harbor and dumped 342 chests of tea (valued at approximately $1.7 million in today’s currency) into the water." This event was important because it forced "colonists who bought the cheaper product to recognize a British tax" -
The Intolerable Acts
https://www.constitutionfacts.com/us-declaration-of-independence/case-for-revolution/ "The Intolerable Acts were a series of laws passed by the British Parliament in the mid-1770s." This event is important because
"The British instated the acts to make an example of the colonies after the Boston Tea Party, and the outrage they caused became the major push that led to the outbreak American Revolution in 1775."