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An act passed by Britain that put a tax on sugar.
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The act prohibited the issue of any new bills and the reissue of existing currency.
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An act passed by Britain that required all written material to have a stamp
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An act passed by Britain that required colonists to house British soldiers
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Duties on tea, glass, lead, paper and paint to help pay for the administration of the colonies, named after Charles Townshend.
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In an effort to support the ailing East India Company, Parliament exempted its tea from import duties and allowed the Company to sell its tea directly to the colonies.
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Angered by the Tea Acts, American patriots disguised as Mohawk Indians dump £9,000 of East India Company tea into the Boston harbour.
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Four measures which stripped Massachusetts of self-government and judicial independence following the Boston Tea Party. The colonies responded with a general boycott of British goods.
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Colonial delegates meet to organise opposition to the Intolerable Acts.
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First engagements of the Revolutionary War between British troops and the Minutemen
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First real battle of the American revolution. Colonists lost.
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Declaration of Independence