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This act required all the colonists to purchase special stamped paper for every legal document, magazines, newspapers and many othe kinds of papers. This was the first direct tax by England to the colonists.
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The purpose of these acts were to raise revenue in the colines . This was an indirect tax.
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This was cause by a competion of jobs betwen colonists and poorly paid british soldiers. Fights and mobs formed and some soldiers shot into the crowd killing 5 men and injuring six others.
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This cut off the middle merchants bby selling tea directly to the colony, this was to help the East India company. Lead to the boston tea party
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Boston Rebels dress up like Native Americans and dump 18000 pounds of tea into the boston harbor.
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series of measures to control colonists.
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delegates meet in Philidelphia, decleration of colonial rights. delegated agree to meet again if demands are not met.
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lasted 15 minutes. 8 inutemen killed. britidh troops arrive at lexington. 70 minute men are waiting for them. someone fired. it was the shot heard around the world. this was the start of the American Revolution.
