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The British government continued to search for new ways to tax the American colonies, making colonists more angry. So the British government required colonists to pay for an official stamp when they bought paper items.

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Put taxes on glass, lead, paint, paper, and tea.

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British soldiers shot into a crowd killing five men.

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Parliament repealed almost all the Townshend Acts, except on tea.

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Was passed to raise money from the colonies for Britain.

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Boston Harbor was closed until Boston paid for ruined tea.

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Massachusetts charter was canceled, the governor decided if and when the legislature could meet.

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Royal officials who were accused of crimes were sent to Britain for trial.

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A new Quartering Act required colonists to house British soldiers.

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The Quebec Act gave a large amount land to the colony of Quebec.

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General Thomas Gage became the new governor of Massachusetts.

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Allowed the British East India Company to sell tea directly to the colonists.

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British military leaders in the colonies grew uneasy when local militias seemed to be preparing for action.

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British troops arrived at the town of Lexington, near Concord.

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Parliament's actions upset many of the colonists who had grew up being independent and governing themselves.