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.The Stamp Act (March 1765)
An act that said the colonists had to buy a stamp for every paper good they bought. This was Britain's way of trying to pay for the war debt they incurred from helping the colonists win the French and Indian War. -
The Townshend Acts (June-July 1767)
An act created by Charles Townshend that placed a tax on tea, glass, paper, paint and lead. -
The Boston Massacre (March 1770)
A fight between colonists and British troops that resulted in British troops opening fire and killing 5 colonists in Boston. -
The Boston Tea Party (December 1773)
In protest to the Tea Act, 50 colonists dressed up at Mohawk Indians, boarded British tea ships and threw 90,000 pounds of tea over board and into the Boston Harbor. -
The Coercive Acts (March-June 1774)
Upset by the Boston Tea Party and other blatant acts of destruction of British property by American colonists, the British Parliament enacts the Coercive Acts, to the outrage of American Patriots, on March 28, 1774. The Coercive Acts were a series of four acts established by the British government. -
Lexington and Concord (April 1775)
General Gage found out that the colonists were hiding weapons and gunpowder in Concord and organized a surprise attack to get the weapons back. However, the plan was leaked and Paul Revere and Williams Dawes spread the word to the colonists. Militias came together at Lexington and Concord and once both battles were done, the British knew the colonists were ready to fight for their rights. -
British attacks on coastal towns (October 1775-January 1776)
British attacks on coastal towns (October 1775-January 1776) But that was before the brutal British naval bombardments and burning of the coastal towns of Falmouth, Massachusetts and Norfolk, Virginia helped to unify the colonies.
