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1764 - 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. -
1765 - 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. -
1767 - Townshend Acts
Townshend Acts. To help pay the expenses involved in governing the American colonies, Parliament passed the Townshend Acts, which initiated taxes on glass, lead, paint, paper, and tea. Nonimportation. In response to new taxes, the colonies again decided to discourage the purchase of British imports. -
1770 - 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. -
1772 - 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. -
1774 - Intolerable Acts
The Intolerable Acts closed down Boston Harbor, made trials in the colonies difficult, and allowed English soldiers to invade colonists' homes. The American colonists were outraged and refused to follow the new laws, which is why they were called 'intolerable. ' -
1775 - Lexington and Concord
The Battles of Lexington and Concord on 19 April 1775, the famous 'shot heard round the world, marked the start of the American War of Independence. Politically disastrous for the British, it persuaded many Americans to take up arms and support the cause of independence.