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Series of laws restricting the use of foreign ships for trade
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Ended the French and Indian war
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Sugar Act is passed to raise money from the colonies for Britain
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Taxed newspapers, licenses, colonial paper production; Violated rights of colonists.
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Placed duties on glass, lead, paints, paper, tea; Colonists boycotted British goods.
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Fight between patriots and a squad of british soldiers.
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Allowed the British East India company to sell tea directly to the colonists.
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British tea becomes cheaper than colonial tea, so colonists protested by dumping tea into the Boston Harbor.
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Boston Harbor is closed; British troops are quartered.