Causes of the Revolution
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- The Stamp Act
- They must pay..
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- stamp
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- The Quartering Act
- Now, make me food!
- Oh, okay soldier!
- The Townshend Acts
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- Taxes now on paint, lead, tea, and other imports!
- stamp
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- The British government starts making the Americans pay for a stamp when they buy papers that are important. The Americans protested, the government put stamps on things such as newspapers.
- Boston Massacre
- Shoot them!!
- The colonists were told, and had to let British soldiers live in colonists houses and the colonists had to provide them food, and any supplies.
- Boston Tea Party
- The Townshend Acts were when the British government put taxes on items like tea, paint, lead, etc. People were protesting and making threats because of this.
- Coercive / Intolerable Acts
- We are not shipping Boston goods anymore after their horrible act!
- Hahahaha! Massachusetts shouldn't have a government either!
- During the Boston Massacre, 5 people died by British Soldiers. This happened on March 5, 1770. It happened in Boston, explaining it's name. The soldiers got threatened because of the incident and shot into the crowd of colonists.
- The Boston tea party happened because of the Townshend acts, when they taxed the tea. They threw the tea into the Harbor on ships.
- Boston get's punishments for their acts, (The Boston Tea Party), they stopped shipping items to Boston, they get rid of their states/colonies government, and shut down all Bostons courts.
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