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Trouble with taxes
Colonists - think it's unfair to pay taxes twice (no taxation without representation)
Great Britain - colonists should pay their taxes to British government -
Stamp Acts was supposed to go into effect
Flags flown at half mast to mourn death of liberty. -
King George repealed the taxes
King George - didn't really want to sign the repeal,but did it to restore peace
George Washington - celebrated the repeal -
Daughters of Liberty
Colonists smuggled illegal goods
Daughters of Liberty made their own goods instead of buying from Great Britain -
The Boston Massacre
King George - The colonists were forming an angry mob
Colonists - British soldiers massacred innocent colonists