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Law passed to prevent colonists from setteling west of the Apalacians
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Taxed exports like sugar, molasses, wine, and whale fins
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Taxes on anylegal documents, newspapers etc.
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Required colonies to provide housing and supplies for British troops stationed in America
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Tax on tea, glass, lead, paper and paint
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British troops arrive in Boston in response to political unrest
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A conflict in Boston where 5 colonists were killed
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Repeals all of the Townshend acts except for the tax on tea
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When “Indians” attacked Boston and dumped 342 chests of tea into the harbor in protests of taxation
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Closed the the port of Boston ‘til the tea was paid for
Banned committees of correspondence and limited town council meetings and the Massachusetts Colonial Assembly to just once a year
Included a stricker Quartering act, allowing troops to be housed in private homes
Provided for trials in Britain of British officials accused of crimes in America
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Colonial delegates meet to organise opposition to the Intolerable Acts
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The first major battle of the War of Independence
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States the reasons the British colonies of North America wanted independence
