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In 1763, to prevent more war with native Americans, the British government issued a proclamation.
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The most objectionable part was the Sugar Act, known in England as the American Revenue Act.
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The Currency Act passed Parliament, prohibiting the colonies from issuing legal tender paper money.
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To pay for the french and Indian War, the British made the colonist pay taxes on stamps, sugar, tea and other products.
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A mob of angry worker sand sailors protested the taxes by attacking a patrol of nine British soldiers with rocks and snowballs.
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In 1773 the British parliament issue a series of laws to punish Boston by pouring all of their tea in the ocean .