Stamp Act of 1765Taxing items such as newspapers and pamphlets.
In 1765, the British Parliament enacted the Stamp Act, imposing a tax on printed materials like newspapers and pamphlets. The colonists angrily opposed this new demand, viewing it as a direct threat to their rights and freedoms.
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Stamp Act (2)
This is tyranny!
Stamp Act
NO TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION!
Why is everyone yelling
at would Colonists protested "no taxation without representation", arguing parliament had no right to tax them without representation. Although parliament repealed the stamp act, they maintained their claim to tax the colonists, fueling growing tensions that eventually lead to the American Revolution.
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Boston Massacre
FIR! FIRE INTO THE CROWD!
FIRE!!!
We'll never forget this day, we will fight for our freedom!
Oh no...
Tensions between British soldiers an American colonists in Boston boiled over into a violent street clash known as the Boston Massacre. After a hostile crowd, fatally shooting 5 protestors. the trgic event further angered the colonists, fueling their growing resentment towards British rule
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Boston Tea Party
Get rid of all the tea!
In December 1773, a large group of Massechusets colonists dressed up as Native Americans and dumped 342 chests of recently arrived British tea into the sea., protesting a tax on tea. The incident became known as the Boston Tea Party. Colonists gathered to help Massechusets after Parliament passed laws to punish them.
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Declaration of Independence
Yes!!!
Are you sure you want to sign this
Declaration of independence
In 1776, Congress voted to declare independence from Britain. Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jeffeerson, John Adams, Robert R. Livingston , and Roger Shermon were the comitee who drafted it.
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Revolutionary War
Surrender now you have no chance!
Never
The revolutionary war was a war fought by the British and the American colonists, who were fighting for independence from British rule of the 13 colonies. The colonists eventually won.
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