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A war between the New England colonies and the Wampanoag tribe, it was started by King Philip's War. The war was fought by Great Britain and France (with their American Indian Allies).

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Britain had won the war, but they were in major debt. A British army remained in North America to protect colonists from Indian attacks. Because of their debt, the Prime Minister, George Grenville, was asked by the Parliament to raise taxes.

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This Act set duties on molasses and imported by the colonists. Due to this, colonial merchants started smuggling sugar so that they could make money. As a result, the British had started to try harder to arrest smugglers.

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The Quartering Act required the colonists to let the British army stay in their homes. The colonists had to provide food, water, housing, and transportation for the British and they had to treat them with hospitality. The colonists feared that if they didn't treat the British officers right, they would be killed or injured.

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The Stamp Act required colonists to pay for an official stamp or seal when they bought paper items. If a colonist refused to pay, they would be fined or sent to jail. This Act sparked protest in the colonies and it was Parliament's first attempt to raise money by taxing the colonists directly.

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It started when a soldier had an argument with a colonist and the soldier struck him. A crowd gathered around the soldier and they started throwing insults at the soldier. The soldiers started firing into the crowd and killed 3 people.

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The Tea Act allowed British East India Company to sell tea directly to the colonies without going through the colonial merchants. The tea from British East India Company was much cheaper than the tea that the colonial merchants were selling, so the colonial merchants feared that they would run out of money.

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The Boston Tea Party was the colonists reaction to the Tea Act. When ships filled with tea arrived at Boston from the British East India Company, colonists disguised as Native Americans snuck onto the ships and dumped over 340 chests of tea in the harbor. There were about 60 members of the Sons of Liberty who participated in the Tea Party. The amount of tea that was dumped in the harbor cost about $18,000.

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The Intolerable Acts was the name given by the colonists for the Coercive Acts. They were placed after the events of the Boston Tea Party as a punishment for the colonists.
The Intolerable Acts:
1. Harbor was closed until Boston paid for ruined tea.
2.Governor decided if and when the legislature could meet.
3.Royal officials accused of crimes were sent to a friendlier judge in Britain for trials.
4.Quartering Act that required colonists to house British troops.