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British pass several laws incoporated in the Trade and Navigation Act to deter foreign trading and to boost colonists purchasing British goods
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British law strictly regulating the purchase of Tea and raising prices of every other tea except for British tea.
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Britain levies a a trade restriction where Americans could not purchase sugar or molasses from the cheaper French West Indies and instead are forced to purchase it from the more expensive British West Indies.
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Due to outrage at the newly enacting Molasses act; many captains took up smuggling to avoid this tax.
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End of French-Indian War and hostilities end between Britain and France.
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A proclamation after the French Indian War that granted the British much land in America.
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British Act in which britain would take control of the American economic system.
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A British law passed to raise the levies on foreign sugars to boost British sugar.
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Britian looks to other ways to increase revenue.
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An act allowing British soldiers to take residence in civillian homes, this also forced civillians to feed and shelter British soldiers.
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An American motion to repeal the Stamp act and to be treated as British citizens.
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The formation of a seperatist group to fight against the British tax acts.
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An act ensuring dependence of the colonies on Britain.
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A series of taxes imposed on imported goods. Also a series of laws to help combat smuggling, allowing British Soldiers to break into any house of residence or business and forcefully search the premises without a warrant.
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A repeal of the majority of the Townshed Acts,
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An incident between a group of 8 british soldiers where 6 drunken civillians were killed and 5 others wounded.
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American merchants board a British ship and take the crew captive. They then burn and loot the ship.
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An organized destruction of british Tea in the port of Boston by members of the Sons of Liberty dressed as natives.
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In response to the Boston Tea Party, Britain orders a complete lockdown of Boston Port to punish the Bostonians.
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British Act to allow administration of justice inthe cases of persons questioned for any acts done to them in the execution of the law.
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A British Act to replace the existing colonial government of Massachusetts.
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A British Act officially making Quebec part of the British Colonies.
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The first meeting of 12 of the 13 colonies to discuss British taxation and to discuss future preceedings.
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A series of trade prohibitons with Great Britain in the colonies.
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Famous quote by radical Patrick Henry in response to British Taxation.
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A midnight ride by three patriots including Paul Revere to warn minutemen at Lexington of incoming British Forces approaching by land. This gave the minutemen time to evacuate the weapons and supplies cache.
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The first skirmish of the Revolutionary war between American minutemen and British Regulars
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A meeting of congress to discuss the preperation for the war and to write and sign the Declaration of Independence.
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