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Townshed Act
The Townshed act was laws passed down from the king that taxed the people in his colonies. -
Boston Massacure
The Boston Massacure was the Loyalist hurting innocent people by mistake. A group of men were messing around with a guard, the guard got into a conflict with men. There were Loyalist Soldiers all around the area. One man yelled fire towards the innocent men and they thought it was an order and they killed a few of the men with their shots. -
Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea party was the dumbing of tea into the Boston harbour. The sailors who were importing goods the british needed were being fee to import the goods. So, the sailors dumped the tea into the harbour to prove their point. This showed the people going againest the loyalists. -
Intolerable acts
Intolerable acts were put into action after the boston tea party. This act took away the rights to self govern the colony, this created an outrage between the colonists and the British. -
Treaty of Paris
The treaty of Paris was the signing of making The u.s its own country, it also had various other treatys within it. The loyalist were fleeing the land because of the authority given to the patriots.