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Proclamation of 1763
The colonists saw this a limit on their freedom. -
Parliament passes Sugar act
This act lowered the tax on molasses imported by the colonists. -
Parliament enacts' Stamp Act
This was a tax that was almost placed on everything, from newspaper and pamphlets to wills and playing cards. -
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Townshend Acts tax colonial imports
These acts the British leaders tried to avoid some of the problems the Stamp Act caused. -
Boston Massacre takes place
Things between the recoats and the Boston colonists grew more tense, on March 5 the tension finally reached a peak. -
Samuel Adams sets up a committee of correspondence
This was an organization used in earlier protests -
Boston Tea Party
At midnight they boarded the ships and threw 342 chests of tea overboard. -
Parliament passes the Intolerable Acts
This was a combination of very harse laws intended to punish people of Massachusetts for their resistance. -
First Continental Congress meets
55 men arrived in the city of Philadelphia, sent as delegates from all the colonies except Georgia. -
Battles of Lexington and Concord
