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Sugar Act
Taxed Sugar and Molasses and the colonists were just a little upset over the tax. -
Stamp Act
Led to the colonies boycott of British goods and taxed legal documents. -
Stamp Act Congress
Created to oppose the Stamp Acts -
Decalatory Act
Stated that Parliament had supreme authority to govern colonies and colonists were not very upset. -
Townshend Act
Taxed lead, paper, glass, and paint, colonists were upset but not outraged. -
Boston Massacre
Taxed lead, paper, glass, and paint, colonists were upset but not outraged. -
Tea Act
Lead to the Boston Tea Party and outraged merchants -
Boston Tea Party
response by the Sons of Liberty to the Tea Act, England tried to force colonists to pay for the Tea -
Intolerable Acts
Outraged colonists -
First Continental Congress
assembled to figure out what to do with the Intolerable Acts -
Battle of Lexington
The Battle of Lexington was one of the first battles of the American Revolution. Lexington was targeted because word had reached England that Sam Adams and John Hancock. -
Battle of Concord
The Battle of Concord was one of the first battles of the American Revolution and was targeted because of the patriots storing weapons there. -
Second Continental Congress
Assembled to draw up a statement of positions of the actions to the British Parliament after the battles of Lexington and Concord. -
Signing of Delclaration of Independence
