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Colonists were taxed because parliament had to pay for the French and Indian War.

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The Parliament provided the British soldiers housing and food.

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In the year of 1773, the British imposed a new tax on tea. The colonists got mad and dumped loads of tea into the water. This is known as the Boston Tea Party.

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The Currency Act was meant to protect British merchants and creditors and keep the from being paid depriciated colonial currency.

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This Act was meant to reduce the amount of tea held by the financially troubled and give to the struggling companies.

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The French and Indian war was between the American colonies and France. The Parliament agreed to tax the American colonies to help pay for the troops.

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Some of the British ships blocked the Boston Harbor and punished everyone who lived in Boston including loyalists and patriots.

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The Parliament agreed to punish Boston by making the laws called it the Intolerable Acts. One of the effects was that the Boston Harbor had to be closed until Boston paid for the ruined tea.

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The Townshend Act was made to collect revenue from the colonists by putting duties on imports such as lead, tea, paper, paints and glass.

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The British government needed a new way to tax the colonists and they came up with the Stamp Act of 1765. This made the colonists pay for an official stamp or seal when they bought any paper items. If they refused to buy paper items then they could be sent to jail or they would have to pay a fine. They protested right away and formed a secret society called the Sons of Liberty

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Many colonists were angered by the passing of the Tea Act in 1773. On December 16th of 1773, many colonists impersonated themselves at Native Americans and sneaked onto three ships filled with tea. Then they dumped over 340 chests of tea into the Boston Harbor.

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The Boston Massacre was where the British soldiers were shooting at the colonists after the tension arose on March 5th, 1770 when an argument occurred between a British solider and a colonist. The British soldiers later got in trouble by the government but they stated that they were defending themselves and they were pleaded not guilty.