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Sugar Act
British parlemant passed this act to tax the colonist and make money to pay for the war. -
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Stamp act of 1765
The Stamp Act was a tax by parliament on the British Colonies. The Stamp Act required printed matierials in the colonies to be porduced on stamped paper in London. This was used to pay for the 7 years war. -
Sons of liberty
The Sons of Liberty was an underground organisation that resisted the new kings taxes and laws. -
townshed acts
Series of acts passed by Charles Townshed in parliament to the british colonies to pay the salaries of goveners and judges in the colonies. -
Bosten Massecure
British army solder killed 5 civilian men and injured 6 others because a mob if civiluabs where harrassing the solders verbally. -
Commitee of Correspondence
Samuel Adems and Joseph Warren formed the commitee in Massechusetts in respnce to Britain who had made salaries of the govener and judges paid by the king instead of the colonial assembly. -
Tea Act
An act of parliament to reduce the amount of tea held by tje finacially trouble british east india company. -
Boston Tea Party
After bodton refussed to return 3 shiploads of taxed tea to britain a group of colonist boarded the ships and destroyed the tea by throwing it into the harbor. -
Intolerable acts
The intolerable acts where passed by parliament to the colonists in respnce to the boston tea party. -
1st continental congress
Delegates from 12 colonies met in respnce to the intolerable acts by parliament.
