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So What:  a new tax that required

a stamp for all printed items including newspapers, legal documents, and

even playing cards

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They met to discuss the colonists’ rights as British subjects,

declaring that only their colonial legislatures had the power to tax them.

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Colonists saw the Quartering Act as

another means of British control. Once again, a law had

been passed without their consent. And the war was over.

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Under all the pressure from the colonies, Britain ultimately decided to repeal the Stamp Act in 1766.

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stating that it had all power to make laws that were strong enough to keep the people in the colonies under Great Britain’s
control. The Act said, “in all cases whatsoever.”

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That year, Britain mostly repealed the Townshend Acts, but the tax on tea remained.

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British soldiers were

guarding the Boston customs house, where taxes were collected, when an angry mob began throwing rocks and snowballs at them. Shots rang out, killing five colonists.

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the Sons of Liberty dressed as Mohawk Indians, boarded British ships in Boston, and dumped the cargo of tea into the harbor.

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(also known in the colonies

as the Intolerable Acts). Boston Harbor would be closed until

the destroyed tea was paid for.

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The colonies united behind the belief that their rights

were being violated by a would-be tyrant—the King! Each colony, except for Georgia, sent delegates to meet in Philadelphia.

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Delegates signed the Declaration of Independence.

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Can’t find it in Got Grievances reading.

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DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE SIGNED July 4th, 1776

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DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE SIGNED July 4th, 1776

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This was sign for their independence so the king don’t tax everything for trading their goods.