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The Stamp Act
The British Parliament passed this act to help pay for British troops stationed in the colonies during the Seven Years' War. -
Townshend Act
British Parliament passed acts that put a tax on glass, lead, paper, paint, paper, and tea. -
Boston Massacre
British sentries guarding the Boston Customs House shot into a crowd of civilians, killing three men and injuring eight. -
Tea Act
This act granted the British East India Company a monopoly on tea sales in the American colonies. -
Boston Tea Party
The Sons of Liberty, protesting the Tea Act, destroyed an entire shipment of tea sent by the East Indian Company. Some protestors were dressed as Native Americans. -
Intolerable Acts
A series of four laws passed by the British Parliament to punish the colony of Massachusetts Bay for the Boston Tea Party.