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To help pay for British troops stationed in the colonies during the Seven Years' War.
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To help pay the expenses involved in governing the American colonies, Parliament passed this. Initiated taxes on glass, lead, paint, paper, and tea. In response to new taxes, the colonies again decided to discourage the purchase of British imports.
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British sentries guarding the Boston Customs House shot into a crowd of civilians, killing three men and injuring eight, two of them mortally.
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Incident in which 342 chests of tea belonging to the British East India Company were thrown from ships into Boston Harbor by America patriots disguised as Mohawk Indians.
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A series of four laws passed by the British Parliament to punish the colony of Massachusetts Bay for the Boston Tea Party.
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Emphasized Congress' loyalty to the British crown and emphasized their rights as British citizens.
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(Lexington and Concord)
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States the principles on which our government, and our identity as Americans, are based. It is not legally binding like the other founding documents, but it is powerful.
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Congress under the articles of confederation*
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Official ending of the American Revolution