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Halted westward expansion over the appalachians
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A change in the tax system on sugar. It lowered tax but punished smuggling so everyone had to pay tax. This is an indirect form of taxation.
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Passed by the British Parliament to reduce the British national debt
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First measure passed by the parliament that caused widespread anger through the colonies.
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British Parliament passed the Quartering Act which forced colonists to house British soldiers in their homes.
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First sign of unity
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Formed because colonists are upset about the Stamp Act
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(duties) passed by British parliament - put taxes on other goods - colonists angry because of “taxation without representation”
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Redcoats fired into a crowd of colonists resulting in five deaths. This upset colonists throughout the east coast.
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formed to protest the new government policy concerning the payment of judges and the MA governor
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Bostonians disguised as Mohawk Indians boarded British tea ships and dumped 342 tea chests in the water in protest of the Tea Act.
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First Continental Congress met to discuss the Coercive Acts -Petition to the King
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In response to the Boston Tea Party and punishment for MA and Boston. These acts along with the Quebec Act were known as the Intolerable acts.
Quartering Act - colonists were forced to house British soldiers if they needed a place to stay
Boston Port Act - closed Boston Harbor until Boston payed for the tea dumped into the harbor
Massachusetts Government Act - limited power of town hall meetings and gave the governor more power -
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British drove out the colonists and beat them
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The revolution began and the british retreated to Boston.
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Second Continental Congress met in Philadelphia to debate American Independence and war against Great Britain. This was the official start of the revolution.
