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1754 - 1763
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England parliament began to introduce new taxes and laws to help pay for the war since England was almost bankrupt. This angered many colonists because England is trying to control them.
1764
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Parliament starts to control what the colonies can use as currency. They make them go by 'hard currency". Such as gold and silver and not bills. Gold and silver could only be acquired by trade because there was little to none gold or silver mines in the colonies.
1765 - 1766
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Stamp Act puts taxes on stamps. The Quartering Act made the colonists have to quarter British soldiers. This just angered many colonists because Great Britten just let the colonies govern themselves for years and now they are trying to control them.
1766 - 1766
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Americans boycott Britsh goods to put pressure on England and it works and in 1766 the Stamp Act was repealed. This hurt Englands economy really really bad.
1767 - 1770
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Townshend Act was taxes on Tea, Glass, Paint, Lead, and Paper but ended in 1770 after a second boycott. Again the colonists were not happy about taxes because England left them alone for so long and is now trying to control them.
1770 - 1770
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After the boycotts, England had to replace some of the acts to keep the peace. King George III wanted to keep the tax on tea so all of the Townshend Acts were repealed except the Tea Act. A deadly riot broke out to make tensions between the colonists and the British soldiers tighter.
1772 - 1776
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Committees of Correspondence where patriotic governments that served as a way to communicate throughout the 13 colonies and to patriotic leaders.
1773 - 1773
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Was a political protest against the Tea Act of 1765. This made the King mad.
1774 - 1774
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Coercive Acts was a series of acts that were put on Massachusetts for the rebellious acts that have taken place. Some of these acts where the Boston Port Act, the Massachusetts Government Act, Administration of Justice Act, Quartering Act, and the Quebec Act. This just made the colonists mad and further separated the colonies and England.
1776 - 1776
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Our founding fathers created and signed a document that created a new government. We are no longer British colonies.