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British taxes certain colonial imports and station troops at major colonail ports to protect custom officers
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Colonail reaction colonist protest taxtion without represenation and orgainze a new boycott of imported goods.
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British aciton taunted by an angry mob, British troops fire into the crowd killing five colonist
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Colonial reaction- Colonial agitators label the conflict a massacre and publish dramatic engraving depicting the vilence
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Colonial Reaction- colonist in Boston rebel, dumping 18,000 pounds of East India company tea into Boston Harbor
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Britishgives the East India company special concessions in the colonial tea business and shuts out colonial tea merchants.
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British Actions King George III tightens control over Massachusettes by closing Boston Harbor and quartering troops
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Colonial Reaction- colonial leaders from the 1st cotinental congress and draw up a declaration of colonial rights
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Britian passes the stamp act a tax law requiring colonist to purchase special stamp to prove payment of tax.
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Colonial reaction colonist harass staamp act distributors boycott British goods,and prepare a Declartion of rights and grievances
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British Actions General Gage orders troops to march Concord, Massachusettes and seize colonial weapons
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Colonial reaction- Mintuem intercept the british and engage in battle first at lexington and then at concord
