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Helped raised money for Britain. It mostly hurt shipping businesses in the New England Colonies.
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It put a tax on as many papers items in the colonies. Newspapers, legal documents, and playing cards had to have a stamp to show that they’re paid for.
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It taxed imports like glass, tea, paint, and paper. It set up a new group of tax collectors.
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Anger between the colonists and the British soldiers. British destroyed colonial property.
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Townshend Acts were partially repealed except for the tax on tea.
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It passed the Tea Act. Gave Britain’s East India Company monopoly.
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Passed new set of laws. Punish all Mass. Colonists.
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A meeting in the North America. Reminded the King of the colonists’ basic rights as British citizens.
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British General Thomas Gage sent 700 soldiers to destroy guns and ammunition the colonists had stored in the town of Concord, just outside of Boston.
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They met in Philadelphia. Talked about what colonist should do.
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George Washington - leader. Really happened at Battle of Breed's Hill.
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It meant peace. Its symbol is an ancient peace sign.
