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American Colonists, with the help of the French waged a war against the Indians. After counquoring, the redcoats stayed in the colonies for protection which lit a very small but important spark into the American Revolution.
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Act in which the British placed upon the American's where the colonists could not print off anymore money within the states.
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Imposed a direct tax on the colonies and forced colonies to print pretty much everything on stamped paper that was made in London and shipped to the colonies.
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British troops were allowed to be housed in the American colonies when the barracks could not house them all. Any household could take in soldiers, including taverns and lodges which hurt local business in colonial Boston.
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A series of laws passed by the British government on the American colonies. Britain placed new taxes and took away some freedoms from the colonists including: Taxes on imports of paper, paint, lead, glass, and tea.
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British soldiers shot and killed five people known at the time but recently uncovered there were six killed, They shot and killed the Americans after being harrassed by their angry mob being angry over the closure of the harbor and the loss of many jobs.
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Tea would be shipped directly to the colonies instead of to England which in return imposed a large tax on the colonists directly. This was greatly unwanted and widely unpopular in the colonies.
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In response to the Tea Act, a mob of colonists boarded a vessel and threw an estimated in today's money 1.7 million dollars of tea into the ocean turning the water brown.
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An act placed by Britain in response to the Boston Tea Party, this was to punish the colonists and punish America. This act was placed to restrict America from being America, Britain wanted complete control.
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After the intolerable acts the 1st Continental Congress organized a protest against the British government and any and all acts it made against the American Colonies.