EVENTS THAT LEAD UP TO THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION

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The men and women who colonized the New World did so because they desired
opportunity for themselves and their kids and desired a level of freedom. They
were generally not the type of people who would tolerate these things being
taken away from them.
The Sugar act of 1764. This British law The Townshend acts of 1767. A series of acts
charged duties on sugar passed by Britain beginning in 1765 that taxed
imported by the colonies. the colonies.
Several other products were
also taxed. The Boston Massacre of 1770. An angry mob
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The Currency act of 1751 The Tea act of 1773. This act basically gave
and 1764. Several acts which regulated the the British East India company a monopoly on
issuing of money by the American colonist. tea trade in the Americas.

The Stamp act of 1765. This British law
required certain printed materials including
newspapers in America to be on paper
produced in Britain and stamped with a
revenue stamp.
The Boston Tea Party of 1773. In response to
the tea act Patriots dressed as American Indians
dumped the British tea into Boston harbor.

The Quartering act of 1765. This act forced

the colonist to
provide food and
shelter for the British
soldiers when
needed.

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The Intolerable Acts of 1774. A series of laws

also called the coercive acts passed by Britain in
response to the Boston tea party.