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Colonies started Own Taxes
some of the colonies were setting their own taxes through their own legislation over the years -
Tea Act
Sugar act 1764 extended the molasses act by changing the taxes by Caribbean from 6 cents per gallon to 3 cents -
Stamp Act
The stamp act in 1765 all printed materials had to have a stamp that wasn’t free just to get money for Britain’s war debt, this started a boycott for British goods. -
Townshend Act
The new revenue taxes in 1767 is the Townshend act people started a boycott once again. -
Boston Massacre
A boycott that become deadly and is a big thing in our history in 1770 this happened -
Tea Act
The act that started to take the tea. Tea act in 1773 offered tax exemptions and Reba its for tea coming in. -
Boston Tea Party
The boycott for the new Tea Act that was now added onto all the other taxes -
Quartering Act
The Quartering Act forced people to let British solders stay in their house in 1774 -
Continental Congress
12 of 13 Colonies came together in 1774 as a Continental Congress meeting -
Start of the War
In 1775 the war started between the British and the Colonists
