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Published on Nov 18, 2015

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The Stamp Act 1765

Stamp = Every piece of paper

The Quarantine Act 1765

Colonies were required to house British soldiers.

The Townshend Act 1767

Taxed glass, lead, paint, paper, and TEA...

The Boston Massacre 1770

A fight broke out between soldiers and Colonists in Boston.

The Tea Act 1773

Lord North tried to trick the Americans into buying his tea.

The Boston Tea Party 1773

The "Sons of Liberty" threw the tea into Boston Harbor, ruining the tea.

The Intolerable Act 1774

This law was created to punish Massachusetts for the Boston Tea Party. 

Lexington and Concord 1775

There were two battles between the Colonist and the British.