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Stamp Act
Required all colonist to use stamped paper for official documents that was costly -
Declaratory Act
After repealing the stamp act Parliament enacted the Declaratory act to show they were still in control of the colonies -
Townshed Acts
The British put taxes on all imported goods and seized ships for unpaid taxes -
The Boston Massacre
Soldiers fire into a large mob of colonist, killing 5 of them -
The Boston Tea Party
Colonist, tired of being undercut with tea, dump 18,000 Ibs. of tea into Boston Harbor dressed as Indians -
The Intolerable Acts
A series of acts enacted by King George III after the Boston Tea Party. Includes Quartering act and putting Boston under martial law -
The Quebec Act
Expands Quebec south to Ohio River, west to Mississippi River, colonist concerned it would limit frontier settlement -
The Shot Heard Around the World
General Gage sends agents to find colonist's weapons stockpile. Causes the Battle of Lexington and Concord and starts the war