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Spark of rebellion
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boston massacre
british troops in boston were being assaulted by colonists the british proceeded to open fire after being barraged by all maner of stuff -
the albany plan
benjamin franklin attempted to unite the colonies into one nation using his political catroon "join or die" -
the tea act
The British once again try to put a tax on the americans to regain lost money from all the wars they had been fighting -
the sugar act
the sugar act was a tax placed on the colonists in a british atempt to regain some wealth after fighting in many ars and expending alot of their money -
the stamp act
another attempt by te british to gain revenue from the colonies by taxing their stamps -
Boston tea party
the colonists rebel against the taxes placed on them not because the tax is outrageous but because of the principle of them being taxed -
British occupation of boston
the british sent trops into the boston colony to uphold the taxes and laws being put in place by the british government -
revolution begins
the colonists fed up with teh british taxes and occupation begin their rebellion full scale to try to push the british out of the colonies
