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The king had neglected the colonies until he noticed how successful they were becoming. They were ignored for so long then he started trying to control them by putting strict laws and taxes on them. He put a tax on sugar and molasses to try and limit the trade system the colonies had going.In turn the colonies started smuggleing sugar fron the French and Dutch west Indies. -
The quartering act was put in place after the english left troops in the colonies to help combat the natives from attacking the colonist. The endlish expected the colonist to let the troops live in their houses and they also wanted the colonist feed them. This angered the colonist because they did not want to have to pay for the troops food or have them in their houses. -
The stamp act meant that the colonist were taxed on all legal documents they needed. The king put the stamp act into place after the war because england was in debt. The colonist started boycotting anything from the engish and started the sons and daughters of liberty. -
The declatory act was an act that said that Britain could tax the colonist across the ocean the same at they could tax the citizens of Britian. The act resulted in th stamp act and the sugar act getting repealed. -
The Boston Masacre was fright between the colonist and the British soldiers. The outbreak started with riots because of the Townshend act. Five colonist died as a result and it helped turn the colonist on the British. -
The tea act put a tax on all tea imported from Britain. The colonist started boycotting British goods and they ended up having a protest against the tea act. The protest is known as the Boston Tea Party. -
The Boston Tea Party was a protest against the British. They were Protesting the tea act. They dressed up as Native americans and dumped the tea that was on ships into the harbor. Them doing this resulted in the king making the intolorable acts to try and control the Colonist. -
The intolorable acts were laws that the British put into place after the Boston tea party. The colonist did not agree with the laws so they started the Continental Congress. -
The battle of Lexington and Concord was what sparked the revolution. The British marched into Lexington and Concord with the intent of taking guns away from the colonist. The colonist did not like that idea so instead of handing over their guns they fought it out. -
The petition was wrote the try and avoid battles between the colonist and the British. The letter stated that they were loyal to the king and pretty much just kissed up to the king but they ended up going to battle in Lexington and Concord.