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Required colonial governments to provide housing and food for British soldiers. This was seen by many as an indirect tax and an invasion of privacy. -
A series of laws placed duties on imported goods like glass, lead, paper, paint, and tea. It led to widespread boycotts of British goods. -
A deadly riot that began as a street brawl between American colonists and a lone British soldier quickly escalated. Five colonists were killed, including Crispus Attucks. -
Members of the Sons of Liberty, disguised as Mohawk Indians, dumped 342 chests of British tea into Boston Harbor to protest the Tea Act. -
Also called the Coercive Acts, these were passed to punish Boston for the Tea Party. They closed Boston Harbor and stripped Massachusetts of self-government. -
A final attempt by the colonists to avoid a full-blown war with Great Britain. King George III refused to read it and declared the colonies in rebellion. -
Known as “The Shot Heard Around the World,” this was the first military engagement of the Revolutionary War when British troops moved to seize colonial weapons. -
A pamphlet written by Thomas Paine that used plain language to argue for independence from Britain. It shifted public opinion toward the Patriot cause. -
The first direct tax on the American colonies required a tax stamp on all legal documents, newspapers, and playing cards. It sparked the cry, "No taxation without representation!