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March 24th 1774:
They were meant to punish the Massachusetts colonists for their defiance in throwing a large tea shipment into Boston Harbor. The acts took away Massachusetts' self-government and historic rights, triggering outrage and resistance in the Thirteen Colonies.

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December 16th 1773:
Protesters destroyed an entire shipment of tea sent by the East India Company. They boarded the ships and threw the chests of tea into Boston Harbor.

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March 22nd, 1765:
This act exacted revenue from the American colonies by imposing a stamp duty on newspapers and legal and commercial documents. Colonial opposition led to the act's repeal in 1766 and helped encourage the revolutionary movement against the British Crown.

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April 5th, 1764:
By reducing the earlier Molasses Tax's rate and expanding enforcement, the British hoped that the tax could be effectively collected.The purpose of these taxes was to help pay for troops stationed in North America.

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September 5th, 1774:
Was a meeting of delegates from twelve of the Thirteen Colonies.  It was called in response to "The passage of the Coercive Acts".

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May 10th, 1773:
Parliament wanted to reduce the massive amount of tea held by the financially troubled British East India Company in its London warehouses and to help the struggling company survive. They also wanted to undercut the price of illegal tea, smuggled into Britain's North American colonies.

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October 7th, 1763:
Was the conclusion of the French and Indian war. It forbade all settlement past a line drawn along the Appalachian Mountains

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March 18th, 1766:
This act stated that Parliament's authority was the same in the colonies as it was in Great Britain. Parliment has the right to pass laws concerning the american colonists.

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October 7th, 1765:
Was the first congress of the american colonies. They met to create a unified protest against British taxation.

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April 19, 1775:
These battles started the revolutionary war. Hundreds of British troops marched on Boston but Paul Revere and other soldiers warned the colonists.

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1767:
A series of acts passed by the British Parliament on the american colonists.  The acts placed taxes on glass, lead, paints, paper and tea imported into the colonies.

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August, 1765:
Formed to protect the rights of colonists and to fight taxation. Thy fought the Stamp act of 1765 and got it repealed.

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June 9th, 1772 :
The Gaspee was a customs  boat that was trying to prevent smuggling of goods in and out of the colonies. Colonists raided the ship and lit it on fire.

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March 5th, 1770:
Five american colonists were killed by British soldiers. The British were there to enforce tax laws increasing tensions between the colonists and the British