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colonial assembles required to payfor supplies to british garrison . the new york assembley argued that it could not be forced to comply.
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Angered people because they were forced to pay taxes when they had no government.
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they was angered by the presences of troops and Britains colonial policy , a crowd began harassing a group of soldiers guarding the customs house; a solidier was knocked down by a snowball and discharged his musket, sparking a volley into the crowd which kills five civilians .
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in effort to support the ailing East India company , Parliament exempted its tea from import duties and allowed the company to sell its tea to the people.Americans sresented it because they saw it as an indirect tax subsiding a Bristish company.
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angered by the tea acts, American patriots disguised as mohawk indians dump company tea into the boston harbour.
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Four measures which stripped Massachusetts of self government and judical independence following the Boston Tea party. The colonies responded with a general boycott of British goods.
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First engagement of the Revolutionary war between Broitish troops and the mintueman, who been warned of attack by Paul Revere.
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the first major battle of the war of Independence.Sir William Howe dislodged William Prescott's forces overlooking Boston at a cost of 1054 British casualties to the American 367.
