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Sugar Act
The Sugar Act was a law that attempted to curb the smuggling of sugar and molasses in the colonies. -
Quartering Act
This act prohibited American colonies from issuing their own currency, angering many American colonists. -
Stamp Act
Parliament's first direct tax on the American colonies. -
Repeal of the Stamp Act
The act was repealed, and the colonies abandoned their ban on imported British goods. -
Townshend Acts
To help pay the expenses involved in governing the American colonies. -
Virginia's Resolutions
Only Virginia's governor and legislature could tax its citizens. -
Townshend Acts Cut Back
Parliament withdrew all of the Townshend Act (1767) taxes except for the tax on tea. -
Boston Massacre
On March 5, a group of soldiers surrounded by an unfriendly crowd opened fire, killing three Americans and fatally wounding two more -
Boston Tea Party
American colonists, frustrated and angry at Britain for imposing “taxation without representation,” dumped 342 chests of tea -
Lexington and Concord
British troops planned to destroy American ammunition at Concord.
