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Townshend Acts
This act put a tax on glass, paint and tea. This was completely unexceptable to the Americans. These taxes, unlike the previous taxes were used to finance the troops in the colonies, instead of paying off the war debt. This act didn't last very long though, it was repealed in only 4 years. -
The Boston Massacre
Known as "The Incident on King Street" by the British, the Boston Massacre was a "massacre" where British troops killed 5 American colonists in front of the Old State House in Boston, Massachusetts. It caused outrage in colonists because the British soldiers were never officially punished. -
Tea Act
The British East India Company was in danger of bankrupcy, so the king of Britian granted them a monopoly. This made it so they were the only tea company the colonists were allowed to buy tea from. This upset the colonists, and the Sons of Liberty started to assemble to act against Britian. -
Boston Tea Party
Soon after the Tea Act, the Sons of Liberty had, had enough of the British trying to control what they do. So they decided to dress up as Mohawk indians, and climbed aboard a ship importing tea at the Boston Harbor, and dumped all the tea into the harbor. In total they dumped around $1 million worth of tea into the harbor. -
Intolerable Acts
After all the trouble that Boston colonists had given Britian, they decided to try and isolate them from the other colonies. To do this they passed a group of acts, which the colonists called the Intolerable Acts. These acts were, Quartering Act, Boston Port Bill, Administration of Justice Act, Massachusetts Government Act, and the Quebec Act. -
Lexington and Concord
In 1775, a militia started forming in Boston to fight against Britian. The king hears word of this plan, and sends over even more troops to Boston to destroy their munition and supplies. The colonists then find out about this plan, and move all their weapons and what not to Concord. As the troop are travelling between Lexington and Concord, the colonists ambushed them the whole way. -
Declaration of Independence
In 1776, the colonists chose Thomas Jefferson to write what they would call the "Declaration of Independence". It was written to express what the Americans were thinking. It was passed on July 4th, 1776. John Dickenson was the only one in the Continental Congress who wouldn't sign it, because he decided it was time for war.
