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1764-The Sugar Act
The Sugar Act was the first of many taxes that were put on the colonies. They taxed sugar because everyone uses it so it did not seem to be a target against one group of people. -
Stamp Act
This tax made the colonists mad because it felt personal. This made it so they got taxed on newspapers. Some colonists thought they were doing this to stop the spread of ideas. -
Boston massacre
I think this is a big reason the war happened. Paul Revere engraved a one-sided picture that ended up in newspapers. The picture showed the British soldiers shooting unarmed colonists. The picture showed a very bloody scene. -
Tea act
This is when tea got taxed. This was a big deal for the colonists because that was there main drink. So this made them really upset. This was the main reason for the Boston tea party. -
Boston Tea Party
This was the result of the Tea Act which was when they started to tax tea. The Boston Tea Party was when colonists in Boston decided to dump a bunch of tea into the sea as a way to protest the tax. -
The battle of bunker hill
The British ended up winning this battle. In this battle, the Patriots mobilized the war. More British died even though they won the battle they did have more people though. This was the first actual battle there was. -
Declaring independence
This is when we declared independence from Britain. we were still fighting at this point and after this was singed.