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Britain puts a tariff on Sugar and Molasses.
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Regulated paper money in the colonies.
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The first direct tax on colonists.
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Imposed duties on imported goods from Britain.
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British soldiers fire upon a hostile colonial crowd.
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British law that gave the East India Company special concessions in the colonial tea business and shuts out colonial tea merchants
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The Sons of Liberty disguise themselves as Mohawk Indians and dumped 8,000 pounds of East India Company's tea into the Boston Harbor in response to the Tea Act
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authorized British commanders to house soldiers in vacant private homes and other buildings
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Also known as the Coercive Acts, these Acts were passed by Parliament due to being pressured by King George III,
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John and Sam Adams, George Washington, and other chosen delegates come together. Created a declaration of colonial rights.
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Lexington - British |
Concord - America