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April 27, 1773

The Tea act gave the British East India Company Tea a monopoly controlling all of the tea sales for the American Colonies. The colonists did not agree with this act which added to the increase in a revolutionary cause.

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October 7, 1763

The Proclamation of 1763 was passed by the British to control the French and Indians living in the Ohio Valley. It was also an attempt to keep the colonists from moving west and disturbing the peace.

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September 5- October 26, 1774

The First Continental Congress was the meeting of twelve delegates from the colonies in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They met to discuss the affect of the British's Intolerable Acts. At the meeting they decided to boycott the British goods.

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March 18, 1766

The Declaratory act was declared by the British Parliament and stated that they would have the same taxing power in the Americas  as they have in Britain. However, it also stated that they could create laws in the Americas “in all cases whatsoever.”

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April 5, 1764

The Sugar Act was an act passed by British Parliament to raise revenue from shipping sugar to the colonies. It was also put into place to help eliminate smuggling and other illegal trading.

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October 7, 1765

The Stamp Act Congress was the meeting of many angered colonists after the creation of the stamp act. The phrase "Taxation without representation" was the basis for this meeting.

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March 22, 1765

The Stamp Act was the first tax directed at the colonies by the British to increase revenue. This tax was originally made to help pay off war debts from the Seven Years War. It taxed all paper documents in the colonies.

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December 16, 1773

The Boston Tea was when the Sons of Liberty protested the taxation on Tea from the Tea Act. They boarded three merchant ships and dumped 342 chests of tea into the Boston Harbor.

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April 19, 1775

This was the first battle of the American Revolutionary War. British troops went from Boston to Concord to steal guns and weapons. The colonists found out and started marching and met them in Lexington where the fighting started.

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1774

The Intolerable Acts were created by the British Parliament to counter the recalcitrant behavior of the colonists. Various laws, including closing the Boston Harbor after the Boston Tea Party and forbidding town meetings without approval, were created to increase control over the Americas.

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1767

The Chancellor of the Exchequer Charles Townshend put taxes on glass, lead, paints, paper and tea sent to the colonies. He hoped that by doing this, it would offset the prices that it cost to send the goods across the ocean.

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August 14, 1765

The Sons of Liberty was an organization of colonists who were strongly against the British and Stamp Act. They commonly used petitions, propaganda, and sometimes they resorted to violence to try to counter the new taxes.

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June 9, 1772

The Gaspee was a British ship that was a part of the anti-smuggling plan which searched for ships smuggling goods. After tracking down a ship, the sailors of the smuggling ship killed the lieutenant on the Gaspee and burned down the ship.

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March 5, 1770

The Boston Massacre was a result of a group of colonists annoyed and were rude to a squad of British Regulars. The British shot and killed 5 of the men who were annoying them.