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  • The Townshend Act
  • "We should tax the colonists on the products we ship to them."
  • "Yes, that way we won't have to pay to import the goods."
  • The Journey
  • "This should make us 40,000 pounds."
  • "I know, can you believe it?"
  • The News Had Arrived
  • "I can't believe they would tax our goods!"
  • "This should make use lot. of money."
  • The British decided they were going to start taxing the colonists. The British taxed the colonists on china, lead, glass, paper, tea, and paint.
  • Boycotts
  • More than 2,000 British soldiers traveled to tell the colonists that they were going t be taxed.
  • Intimidation
  • When the British first arrived in Boston, the colonists were mad. They refused to buy any more product from the British. 
  • The British Fired 
  • "Hold back on firing, they will back off soon." 
  • The colonists were so mad that they would often steal products sold by the British from stores in their community. 
  • "Let's steal everything to show the British how mad we are!"
  • The colonists were so mad they dared the British to fire. Several of the British were intimidated by the colonists and a few of them fired.
  • "Fire! We dare you!"
  • As a result of the British firing, five of the colonists were killed. The British commander commanded his troops not to fire, some did anyway.
  • "Bang, bang, bang!'
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