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The Stamp Act, The Townshend Acts, The Boston Massacre, The Boston Tea…
The Stamp Act
To recoup some of the massive debt left over from the war with France Parliament passed laws such as the Stamp Act,which for the first time taxed a wide ranged of transactions in the colonies.
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The Townshend Acts
The crown established a board of customs commissions to stop smuggling and corruption among local officials in the colonies ,who were often in on the illicit trade.
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The Boston Massacre
Simmering tensions between the British occupiers and Boston residents boiled over one late afternoon, when a disagreement between an apprentice wigmaker and a British soldier led to a crowd of 200 colonists surrounding seven British troops.
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As the smoke cleared three men including an African American sailor named Crispus Attucks were dead and two others were mortally wounded.
The Boston Tea Party
The British eventually withdrew their forces from Boston and repealed much of the onerous Towns shend legislation.
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The Coercive Acts
In spring of 1774 Parliament passed a series of laws, the Coercive Acts, which closed Boston Harbor until restitution was paid for the destroyed tea, replaced the colony's elected council with one appointed by the British.
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Lexington and Concord
British General Thomas Gage led a force of British solders from Boston to Lexington, where he planned to capture colonial radical leaders Sam Adams and John Hancock, and then head to Concord and seize their gunpowder.
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The British lost 73 dead, with another 174 wounded and 26 missing in action.
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