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Intolerable Acts
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also known as Coercive Acts, closed port of Boston until tea payed for, said that British officials could be tried in British courts, and said that british could be quartered in any town
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Boston Tea Party 1773
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Sam Adams led group of colonists to throw tea from british ships overboard
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Tea Act
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gave East India Company the right to sell directly to britih without tax- cut out buisness for colonial sea captains and merchants
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Boston Massacre 1770
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fight between colonists and 6 british soldiers . 5 Colonists killed
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Townshend Acts
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Import taxes on paint, glass, lead, paper, and tea coming into america. gave writs of assistance
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Declaratory Act
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stated that the parliament had the right to rule and taxthe colonies
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French and Indian War
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war between french and british about who got american soil. Let to money shortages in Britain so taxes needed
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Proclamation Act
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forbade colonists to move farther west
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Sugar Act
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taxes on forgein molasses and sugar
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Stamp Act
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forced colonists to pay a separate tax on items that must be stamped
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Stamp Act Congress
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9 delegates met in NYC to write a petition to KIng George to repeal act
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