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Banned all settlement west of the Appalachian. The colonists could not cross this line, the British could not enforce this law as much as they wanted to. This also stopped the colonists from hunting in the best parts of the land.

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Forced locals to provide shelter and food for British soldiers still in the colonies. British did this to protect the colonies of any invasion following the French and Indian war.

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A law that attempted to curb the smuggling of sugar and molasses in the colonies by reducing the previous tax rate and enforcing the collection of duties. It was designed to get the colonies to mainly trade with Britain instead of other European countries.

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This act put a tax on all paper products in the colonies. The British won this act by gaining a lot of revenue lost from the 7 years war. The colonists were not happy with this act and later rebelled.

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This act accompanied the repeal of the stamp act. British got the better end of this act again due to the fact it allowed them to keep hardening rules in the colonies. Colonists thought it was fair at first, because Britain claimed they have the same taxes.

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Townshend Acts imposed duties on glass, lead, paints, paper and tea imported into the colonies. This was viewed as an abuse of power by the colonies and they were not happy. All duties were later repealed except for the tax on tea..

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This massacre was very small , 5 people died in this event. The event led to violent retaliation and intense public protest. The British won momentarily but it backfired on them and led to nasty revolts causing the British to eventually leave.

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The main purpose of this act was to bail out the floundering East India Company, a key actor in the British economy. This worked for a period of time in Britain until the colonies caught on. This only occurred in the colonies and was a revenue stream for Britain.

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Boston Tea Party was a direct retaliation to the tea act by Britain. The colonies won this event by making a statement and dumping tea into the harbor. This was a major event in the right direction towards getting freedom from Britain

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Britain hoped to really break the colonies apart with this act. The colonies held meetings and discussed the repercussions of this act and decided if it wasn't repealed in a year the colonies would halt exports to Britain.

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This was the meeting called due to the intolerable acts. They discussed holding an economic boycott against the British. This helped the colonies not only for unification but for a sense of authority.

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The Battles of Lexington and Concord, fought on April 19, 1775, kicked off the American Revolutionary War. A confrontation on the Lexington town green started off the fighting, and soon the British were hastily retreating under intense fire. The colonies had the advantage and even more ready due to Paul Revere and others warned the colonists.