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Stamp Act
The British Parliament put a tax on stamps so each colonist would have to pay more when they bought one. -
Townshend Acts
A tax that made everything that was send to the colonist more money. -
Boston Massacre
The British army shot and killed five people in Boston -
Boston Tea Party
As a way to protest American colonist dressed as natives and dumped tea into the harbor. -
Intolerable Acts
Britain passed the Boston Port Act, Massachusetts Government Act, Administration of Justice Act, and Quartering Act. -
First Continental Congress convenes
Committees of Correspondence meet in response of the intolerable acts. -
Patrick Henry’s Speech
Patrick Henry gave a speech about how he will have liberty or death. -
Paul Revere’s Ride
Paul Revere road to Massachusetts to warm the colonist about the British who were invading. -
Battle of Bunker Hill
A battle fought in Charleston. -
Thomas Paine’s Common Sense
His argument on favoring the American independence.