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The Declaration of Independence was a declaration stating all of the grievances of us colonists, the main grievance of the patriot's was the taxation acts.

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The Intolerable Acts/Coercive Acts of 1774

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The Intolerable Acts/Coercive Acts of 1774

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The Intolerable Acts were a series of laws sponsored by British Prime Minister Lord North in response to the Boston Tea Party. The Boston Port Act, which was one of the Intolerable acts, closed the Boston Port until all the money was payed off for the tea that had been thrown overboard during the Boston Tea Party.

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The Tea Act and the Boston Tea Party 1773

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The Tea Act and the Boston Tea Party 1773

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The Boston Tea Party was a protest against tea taxation. The Sons of Liberty, led by John Adams, boarded boats and threw 342 chests of tea into the ocean.

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Colonists were attacking the British soldiers by throwing snow and rocks at them, a shot rang out so the soldiers fired their weapons and ended up killing five of the colonists including Crispus Attucks.

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The Townshend Acts imposed duties on glass, lead, paints, paper and tea imported into the colonies. The patriots then said  “No taxation without representation.”

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All of our paper products including mail, documents and newspapers were taxed during this act. The patriots created their own stamp as a protest against this act.

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Sugar and molasses were taxed during this act, it had an immediate negative effect of the British West Indies market.

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The Proclamation forbade us colonists to settle in the Appalachian mountains and to reserve is for the Natives. It also forbade us from trading with the Natives. Many patriots were mad that they were not allowed to settle on the land the had won.