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Lexington and Concord, The Townshend Acts, The Boston Tea Party, The…
Lexington and Concord
The battle at Lexington and Concord fueled the colonists' spirits and proved that the colonists could stand up to the British.
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The Townshend Acts
In response to The Townshend Acts, the colonists organized a boycott of goods that were taxed and harassed the British customs commissioners.
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The Boston Tea Party
In response to the Boston Tea Party, the British called for the Coercive Acts (or Intolerable Acts, as stated by the colonists) to be put into place. These acts were meant to punish the Massachusetts colonists for what they did during The Boston Tea Party. These acts only proved to further anger the colonists and ushered them to unite together.
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The Boston Massacre
The colonists responded by using the event to paint the British in a negative light and trying to convince other colonists that they need to rally together and fight back against the British.
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The Stamp Act
Since the colonists did not want to pay taxes, they responded by rioting and refusing to pay the taxes.
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The Coercive Acts
The colonists responded to The Coercive Acts by banding together and organizing protests against the British. The colonists chose 12 delegates to represent the colonies and sent them to Philadelphia for the First Continental Congress. It was there that they held multiple meetings to discuss how they were going to fight back against the British. Eventually, the delegates came up with The Declaration of Resolves. The Declaration of Resolves showed the colonists' disapproval towards The Coercive Acts and called for a repeal against the Coercive Acts, established a boycott of goods that were imported from Britain, declared that the colonies had the right to govern themselves independently, and gathered other colonists to form and train their own militia.
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