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Sugar act
The sugar act halved the duty on foreign molasses hoping that colonists would pay lower taxes rather than possibly getting arrested by smuggling. It placed duties on certain imports that hadn´t been taxed before -
The stamp act
The act imposed a tax on documents and printed items like wills, News papers, and playing cards. Then a stamp would be put on them to show that the tax was paid. -
Boston Massacre
The Boston massacre was a confrontation. British soldiers shot and killed many people while getting harassed. -
Boston Tea Party
A large group of Boston rebels disguised themselves as native Americans and took action on 3 British ships that where anchored in the harbor. The Indians dumped out 18,000 pounds of Tea into the harbor -
Fighting at Lexington and concord
700 hundred British troops got sent to concord. Someone fired there gun and then British soldiers sent a valley of shots and killed 8 minutemen. The battle of Lexington only lasted 15 minutes.Between 3,000 and 4,000 minutemen fired on marching troops and then British troops fell by the dozen -
Battle of bunker hill
The British general decided to strike militiamen. He sent 2,400 British soldiers up the hill. The colonist held there fire till the last minute and then took out the redcoats before retreating -
Declaration of independence
They this to have peace and happiness and to stop the battles and that all men are equal and then delegates voted unanimously to free colonies. The colonist declared freedom from Britian
