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-The sugar act made colonists pay a tax if they bought molasses that was sold by another country (not britian)

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- Colonists were angry and began to protest against the British because they felt the tax on non British molasses was too expensive.

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- Provided housing and food
- provided, food ,drinks ,quarters, fuel

The Quartering Act was passed to help soldiers get more housing .

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- King George III imposed a tax on official documents in American colonies.
-Many people chose not to participate

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- Parliament passes the town shed act
- Taxed; tea , glass, lead, paint, paper.

The Town Shed Act that happened in 1767, had citizens pay more taxes to help pay the expensive in American colonies.

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- There Were 4,000 British Troops among 20,000 Boston Residents.
- The tension was around taxes.

The Boston Massacre happened on March 5th 1770 it started when nine British soldiers shot five people out of a crowd. It mostly started because of tax measures.

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- "No taxation without representation"
- political protest

The Boston tea party was mostly American colonists frustrated with the taxes so they dumped the tea imported from British East India.

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- No one knows who fired the first shot
-  Armed with Muskets and bayonets
The British and Americans fought to suppress the rebellion.

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Declaration of Independence- July 4th 1776

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Declaration of Independence- July 4th 1776

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- Thomas Jefferson didn't write the Declaration of Independence alone.
- Richard Henry Lee proposed the bill for Independence.

The Declaration of Independence was a founding document and was adopted in Philadelphia Pennsylvania.