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Each committee got in touch with other towns and colonies. Its members shared ideas and information about new British laws and ways to challenge them.

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The Sugar Act of 1764 was a law that attempted to stop the smuggling of sugar and molasses in the colonies by reducing the previous tax rate and enforcing the collection of duties.

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The Tea Act allowed the British East India Company to sell tea directly to the colonists. Colonial merchants and smugglers feared that the British East India Company's cheap tea would put them out of business.

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Mercy was a writer on the Massachusetts colony who disagreed with the new tax. She began writing plays that were sharply critical of the British government's actions.

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Adams lead the call for action t Great Britain in he years leading up to the American Revolution. Adams helped to found the Committees of Correspondence.

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Crispus Attucks was a African American sailor who was killed in the Boston Massacre.

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The Townshend Acts placed duties on glass, lead, paint, paper, and tea. To enforce the Act, British officials used writs of assistance. Colonists hated the new laws because they took power away from colonial governments.

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Parliament passed the Coercive Acts, what the colonist called the Intolerable Acts, in 1774. The acts had several effects including the Boston Harbor was closed until Boston paid for the ruined tea and Royal officials accused of crimes were sent to Britain for trial.

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The French and Indian War was a fight over the Ohio River Valley between the British and the Native Americans and the French.

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On March 5, 1770, a lone British soldier standing guard had an argument with a colonist and struck him. A crowd gathered around the soldier, throwing snowball and shouting insults. Soon a small group of troops arrived. The soldiers suddenly fired and into the crowd and killed three men, including and African American sailor, Crispus Attucks.

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The Boston Massacre | The American Revolution

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The Stamp Act of 1765 required colonists to pay for an official stamp, or seal, when they bought paper items. Colonists who refused to but stamps could be fined or sent to jail.

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On the night of December 16,1773, the Sons of Liberty dumped thousands of dollars worth of tea into the Boston Harbor