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Sugar Act
The sugar act taxed sugar and molasses in the colonies. Smugglers began to sneak in rum and sugar to avoid the taxes. -
Currency Act
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Stamp Act
The Stamp Act was passed by the British Parliament on March 22, 1765. The new tax was imposed on all American colonists and required them to pay a tax on every piece of printed paper they used. -
Quartering Act
This act allowed British soldiers to be housed in Colonists' homes. -
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Townsend Acts
The Townshend Acts were a series of British acts passed beginning in 1767 and relating to the British American colonies in North America. The acts are named after Charles Townshend, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, who proposed the program. -
Boston Massacre
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Tea Act
The Tea Act, passed by Parliament on May 10, 1773, granted the British East India Company Tea a monopoly on tea sales in the American colonies. -
Boston Tea Party
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Intolerable Acts
The Intolerable Acts were passed in 1774 to punish the colonists for the Boston Tea Party. There were three major acts involved that angered the colonists. -
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1st Continental Congress Meets
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The Siege of Boston
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Lexington and Concord
The first battle of the war. The Americans won. -
2nd Continental Congress Meets
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Battle of Fort Ticonderoga
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The Battle of Chelsea Creek
The American colonists met their goal of strengthening the siege of Boston by removing livestock and hay on those islands from the reach of the British regulars. The British armed schooner Diana was also destroyed and its weaponry was appropriated by the Colonial side. This was the first naval capture of the war, and it was a significant boost to the morale of the Colonial forces.