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colonial cities
were busy commercial centers -
Sugar act
taxing sugar and coffee -
Stamp act
an act of the British Parliament in 1765 that exacted revenue from the American colonies by imposing a stamp duty on newspapers and legal and commercial documents. -
Boston massacre
known as the Incident on King Street by the British, was an incident on March 5, 1770 -
Boston tea party
threw 342 chests of tea overboard. This resulted in the passage of the punitive Coercive Acts in 1774 and pushed the two sides closer to war. -
The battle of Lexington and concord
this war became known as the american revolution -
Declaration of indenpendence
The declaration reflects several ideas of john Locke, governments duty to protect the peoples natural rights, people have the right "alter or abolish' unjust governments.
