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Currency Act Imposed on the 13 Colonies
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Parliament argued that colonial currency was harming the British trade. They banned American assemblies from issuing paper bills or bills of credit. -
Stamp Act
<a href='http://www.history.org/history/teaching/tchcrsta.cfm' Heads claimed this direct tax was intended for the colonies to pay for defense. -
Quartering Act
Britain ordered that colonists were to house and feed British soldiers if necessary. -
Townshend Act
These taxes were started to help make the colonial officials independent of the colonists and included duties on glass, paper, and tea. -
Boston Massacre
The colonists and British soldiers fought in Boston out in the open. This was used as an example of British wrong doing despite questions about how it actually occurred. -
Tea Act
To assist the failing British East India Company, the Company was given a monopoly to trade tea in America. -
Boston Tea Party
A group of colonists disguised as Indians dumped tea overboard from three ships in Boston Harbor. -
Intolerable Act
These were passed in response to the Boston Tea Party and placed restrictions on the colonists including outlawing town meetings and the closing of Boston Harbor. -
First Continental Congress
In response to the Intolerable Acts, 12 of the 13 colonies met in Philadelphia from September-October, 1774. One of the main results of this was the creation of The Association calling for a boycott of British goods. -
Second Continental Congress
All 13 colonies were presented at this meeting in Philadelphia in May. The colonists still hoped that their issues would be handled by King George III. George Washington was named head of the Continental Army.
