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They began in May of 1775, where they would become and remain the government of the colonies until the end of the Revolutionary War

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The colonists began to amass arms, and prepare for the inevitable.

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When colonists dumped around $234041.09 in todays money worth of tea into the harbor.

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In 1774, some of the thirteen colonies sent representatives to the First Continental Congress as a response to repeal against the Intolerable Acts. They sent a petition to King George III to repeal the Intolerable Acts.

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The increased laws punishing the colonies did little to control the colonies as the British had hoped, but actually had the opposite effect. They began to come together.

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One of the Intolerable Acts was the Boston Port Act which shut down the port of Boston for trade. British ships blockaded Boston Harbor.

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The British decided that the colonies needed to be punished for the Boston Tea Party. They issued a number of new laws that the colonists called the Intolerable Acts.

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Many colonists began to protest against the parliament and taxation; like the taxes on tea put in place.

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The troops weren't free and Britain needed money to pay for the troops. The British Parliament decided to tax the American colonies to help pay for the troops.

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She was the person to rebuttal against them and say that The Stamp Act.

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This was yet another tax that was required. This was that everyone was required to buy a new stamp every time they purchased a paper item such as a newspaper, or other document.

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The middle-class merchants thought that the taxes from the government were actually hurtful for the businesses.