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Sugar Act
After the French and Indian war, the British were in desprate need of money. George II passed the sugar act in order to pay for the war. The act was past in 1760. It taxed he colonists for certain sugar products. -
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Pre-Revolutionary War
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Comittees of Correspondence
People in the colonies were infuriated about taxation without representation. This is meand The British taxed them without the colonies having any say. Samuel Adams helped for the Committees of Correspondence. These comittees would meet and discuse british laws and ways to change them. -
Stamp act
England was still looking for a way to pay for a war by this time. They passed another tax on the colonies called the Stamp act. The law was passed in 1765 by George III. The act made the colonist buy officisal stamps on paper procducts. -
Sons Of Liberty
The Stamp act caused many protests in the colonies. The sons of Liberty was formed as taxes escalated. Sometimes they used violence to frighten tax collectors. Some companies ignored the Stamp Act in protest. -
Townshend Acts
The Britsh, still in need of money, passed the Townshend Acts in 1767. This placed duties on lead, paints, glass, tea, and paper. They also allowed tax collectors to search for smuggled goods to help inforce the Townshend Acts. This took power away from the colonies. -
Boston Massacre
A group of red coats were stationed in Boston. This is when a group of boycotting colonists mobbed the Red Coats. This slowly turned ito a battle as five colonial men were killed and 6 were injured. News spread quickly about this events and it became famous part of the lead to the Revolution. -
Tea Act
The British contined to tax the colonist and passed the Tea Act. This Act forced colonists only from Great Britiain. They wanted to gain more money from tea. However this cost the colonist more money and more hastle. -
Boston Tea Party
After the Tea Act was passed by Breat Britian, Colonist were outraged by the inconvinience of having to only buy imported, taxed tea from Britian. On December 16 1773 a group of colonists crashed a trade boat and dumped three shiploads of taxed tea into the boston Harbor in protest. This event became known as the Boston Tea Party. -
Continental Congress
In 1774 56 representitives from the Thirteen Colonies met in Pennsylnania. This group later became the Goverment of the United States during the American Revolution. They were known as the Continental Congress. They had decided to meet after British placed a blockade at the Port of Boston.
