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Sugar Act (April 5, 1764)
Taxation on imported sugar and molasses. -
Currency Act (September 1, 1764)
Regulated paper money issued by the colonies of British America. -
Stamp Act (March 22, 1765)
Imposed on all American colonists and required them to pay a tax on every piece of printed paper they used. -
Quartering Act (March 24, 1765)
Forced local colonial governments to provide provisions and housing to British soldiers stationed in the 13 Colonies of America. -
Townshend Acts (June 15 - July 2, 1767)
Designed to collect revenue from the colonists in America by putting customs duties on imports of glass, lead, paints, paper, and tea. -
Boston Massacre (March 5, 1770)
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Tea Act (May 10, 1773)
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Boston Tea Party (December 16, 1773)
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Intolerable Acts (March 24, 1774)
Harsh laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774. They were meant to punish the American colonists for the Boston Tea Party and other protests. -
Lexington and Concord (April 19, 1775)
Lexington-British
Concord- Americans