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britain needed money to finance war with france. britain imposed taxes on the colonists to pay for the war.
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britain wanted to aviod conflict with native americans and told the colonists they couldn't be protected, so colonists were forbidden to cross the appilation mountains or evan attempt to cross. british army stationed in the colonies.
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tax on sugar and molasses. didn't really affected the colonists at all but the idea of taxes a growing issue
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tax on legal documents, they taxed any thing that was on paper. stamp act congeress formed to organized boycott and the colonists were able to boycott the stamp act.
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customs officers could search at will. few colonists affected, but merchants felt this was an invation of privacy.
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colonists had to provide food,houseing,blankets, candles,ect.for the brittish soldiers. most colonistis hated this but barley could be done.
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tax on vanous house holds. colonists boycotted because they didn't want to pay for every house hold item they had or got and for them in their case boycotting was the only way to stop paying biritan
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a rioting mob confronted brittish at the boston customs house.
tensions rose and shots were fired at the crowed killing five colonists. sam adams used the oppertunity to get the soldiers mad by calling it a "massacre". -
tea merchants in the colonies were cut out of the british, east india company lowered their tea prices.the company monopolized, or controlled, tea sales in the colonies.
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on december 16, 1773, the sons of liberty dumped more than 90,000 pounds of tea into the boston harbor.
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colonists could not hold town meetings.
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colonists had no representatives to speak for them in parliament. colonists resented not having a say in their own affairs, became a rallying cry.
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