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Bston Massacre
Colonists began throwing snowballs, rocks, and other items at young, inexperienced British soldiers which caused them to shoot at the colonists. -
Stamp Act
Britain put a tax on all paper products that the colonists made, which caused the colonists to get angry. -
Boston Tea Party
Colonists, angered by the Tea Act, dressed as Native Americans and dumped tons of tea into the Boston harbor as an act of protest against the British. -
The Intolerable Acts
Intolerable Acts in the American colonies, were 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 made a clear case for independence and directly attacked the political, economic, and ideological obstacles to achieving it.