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The Sugar Act
Passed to raise money from the colonist to give to the British -
The Stamp Act
Taxed all the newspaper, licenses and colonial paper -
The Boston Massacre
Five colonist were shot because of a verbal agreement, the soldiers were shooting in self defense. -
The Tea Act
Created to reduce the massive amount of tea held by East Indian Company and its warehouses -
The Boston Tea Party
The colonists protest for having to pay taxes for British tea -
The Intolerable Act
Restoring authority in the colonies -
First Continental Congress
The colonists want to unite as Americans -
The Quartering Act
Soldiers stayed in colonist homes and eat their food -
Second Continental Congress
Formed to draft the Declaration of Independence -
Declaratory Act
The British try to directly tax the colonists
