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The Stamp Act
This Act resulted in violent protests and the colonists argued to start No Taxation without Representation" -
Boston Massacre
British Soldiers shot into a crowd after the crowd started throwing rocks and snowballs at the soldiers. The event ended in five dead and six wounded. -
Boston Tea Party
The Boston tea party was a protest to the british Parliament's tax on tea.
In this protest the colonist throw chests of tea into the Boston Harbor. -
The Intolerable Acts
Was a series of four laws passed by the British Parliament to punish the colony of Massachusetts Bay for the Boston Tea Party. -
Common Sense
Common Sense is a 47-page pamphlet written by Thomas Paine Advocating independence from Great Britain to people in the Thirteen Colonies.