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British will have to start taxing the 13 colonies heavily because of the war.
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British place tax on newspapers, paper, stamps, etc.
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Series of acts passed to impose taxes on products such as lead, glass, paint and most importantly...tea!
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A mob formed around a group of officers in Boston and they ended up opening fire on the crowd killing five colonists.
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To protest the tax on tea, a group of colonists dressed up as Mohawk Native Americans, boarded British ships and dumped a great amount of tea into the Boston Harbor.
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The Continental Congress forms and convenes in Philadelphia to discuss the acts passed by the British parliament.
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The official beginning of the American Revolution...first battle.