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March 24, 1774

It is the American term for punishment laws passed by the British Parliament. The Acts were meant to punish the Massachusetts colonists for their resistance of throwing a large tea shipment into Boston Harbor.

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December 16, 1773
The Boston Tea Party was a political protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston where colonists began dumping tea out of 3 of the ships because of their disillusion to paying taxes. The historical significance of this event is  that it was the first significant act of defiance by American colonists and resulted in the Intolerable Acts.

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March 22, 1765
It was significant because
The Stamp Act stated that colonists in America had to pay a tax for paper. Some argued that there
was a difference between taxing for revenue and taxing for trade. The significance is that it allowed colonists to create and be a part of opposition groups.

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April 5, 1764

The American Revenue Act of 1764, otherwise known as the 'sugar act,' is basically a modified version of the Sugar and Molasses Act of 1733 and was passed by the British Parliament of Great Britain. This act tried to lower the tax on foreign molasses in an effort to prevent smuggling and mandated that imports shipped from the colonies had to pass through Britain before going to other countries. The significance of the Sugar Act is that the tax was solely for the Parliaments treasury compared to previously how taxes were for supporting local British officials.

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September 5 to October 26, 1774
It was a meeting of delegates from twelve colonies early in the American Revolution. It was significant because it was the first effort to unite for withdrawal from British Crown.

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December 16, 1773
The Tea Act was passed by Parliament and granted the British East India Company Tea a monopoly on tea sales in the American colonies.This was meant to make the price of British tea much lower than the colonial tea price.

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October 7, 1763
The Proclamation of 1763 was significant for the fact that the settlers in America were kept safe from Indian rampages. It was created by the British government to stop British colonies from settling and was meant to be temporary but lasted longer.

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March 18, 1766
Was a British law passed by parliament at the same time the Stamp Act was repealed.  It stated that Parliament's authority was the same whether in England or America.

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October of 1765
The Stamp Act Congress was the first significant gathering of the American colonies. It also passed resolutions to tell the king of England to treat the colonies fairly.

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April 19, 1775
Lexington and Concord is the first military engagement of the American Revolutionary War. It was between Britain and Province of Massachusetts Bay colony. The British believed there were weapons being hid in the towns of Lexington and Concord. It resulted in British victory.

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June 15–July 2, 1767
The Townshend Acts forced work on glass, led, paints, paper, and tea brought into the colonies. Townshend hoped the acts were covering imperial expenses in the colonies.

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August 14, 1765
The Sons of Liberty is a group of men who started an opposition group based on the discontent of England's rule. They forced officials to resign, created petitions, published newspaper articles and handbills, these were only some of their accomplishments. The significance of the Sons of Liberty is that it was one of the biggest factors that started the revolt, without their efforts the revolution may have never happened and our country would not reach it's independence.

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June 9, 1772
The Gaspee Affair was significant incident that occurred during the course of the American Revolution. The HMS Gaspee, a British revenue schooner was set on fire by the Son of Liberty group because it was enforcing unpopular trade regulations.

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March 5, 1770
Colonists saw that the Townshend Acts were violating their constitutional rights, this caused British troops to be sent to enforce the acts. The Boston Massacre was an open fire by British soldiers on a group of American colonists resulting in 5 men dead.