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- The Sugar Act of 1764
- The Sugar Act tax will force colonists to pay taxes for sugar and molasses!
- The Stamp Act of 1765
- I had to pay taxes for this paper!
- The tax must be repealed!
- The Townshend Acts of 1767
- Breaking News: New taxes on paint, paper, lead, glass, and tea!
- After the French and Indian War, Britain needed money. So King George III imposed taxes on the colonies to pay for Britain. The Sugar Act is just one of the taxes that were imposed on the colonies.
- The Tea Act of 1773
- These taxes are too much!
- The government is taking this too far!
- After the Sugar Act was repealed in 1765, the British government imposed a new tax: the Stamp Act. It taxed almost everything on paper, even playing cards! It was repealed in 1766.
- The Boston Tea Party (1773)
- No taxation without represention!
- In 1767, the Townshend Acts were imposed. By now, colonists were getting really furious. The Townshend Acts were repealed in 1770, but the tax on tea remained.
- Signing The Declaration of Independence (1776)
- Signed!
- Tea was very special back in those days. There was no Coke, or Pepsi, or any sodas. Tea was one of the few flavored liquids available. So you can see why the colonists were so angry.
- Colonists got so mad about the Tea Tax that members of a patriot group called the Sons Of Liberty dressed as Indians and boarded a ship carrying tea. They threw more than 300 crates of tea into the Boston Harbor.
- On July 4, 1776, the Declaration of Independence was signed. America was a free country at last. Many people signed the Declaration of Independence.John Hancock's signature is bigger than anyone else's!
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