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Issued by King George iii. Acquisiton of French territory in North America after the end of the French and Indian war .
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The Stamp Act was passed on March 22, 1765 by the British Parliament. The new tax was imposed on all American colonist and required them to pay taxes on every piece of printed paper they used.
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This act stated that troops could only be quartered in barracks and if their wasn't enough space in barracks then they were to be quartered in pubic houses.
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An act of the Parlament of Great Britain , which accompained the repeal of the Stamp Act
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Series of four acts passed by the British Parliament in an attempt to assert what is considered to be its historic right to exert authority. The acts are name after Charles Townshed
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A street fight occuried between a " patriot" mob throwing things at a swuad of British soilders. Several colonist were killed and it led to a campaign by speech-writers .
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The Committiees of Correspondence were the American Colonies means for maintaing communication in the years before the Revolutonary War.
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The Tea Act was the final straw in a series of unpopular policies and taxes imposed by Britain on her American colonies. The policy ignited a “powder keg” of opposition and resentment among American colonists and was the catalyst of the Boston Tea Party.
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The Boston Tea Party (initially referred to by John Adams as the Destruction of the Tea in Boston" was a political protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston, on December 16, 1773.
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The Intolerable Acts were passed in 1774 to punish the colonists for the Boston Tea Party. There were three major acts involved that angered the colonists.
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The British reached Lexington when shots fired and it was uncertain which side shot fire. Eight Americans were dead and a equal amount were injured
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Written by Thomas Paine in 1775. Didn't become a published until February 14, 1776
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John Adams believed this day would be " the most memorable epocha in the history of America". Wasnt signed until August 2, 1776
