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Stamp Act
The Stamp Act of 1765 was the first internal tax levied directly on American colonists by the British government. The colonists insisted that the act was unconstitutional, and they resorted to mob violence. -
Tea Act
The act’s main purpose was not to raise revenue from the colonies but to bail out the floundering East India Company, a key actor in the British economy.On the night of December 16, 1773, Samuel Adams and the Sons of Liberty boarded three ships in the Boston harbor and threw 342 chests of tea overboard. -
How it started
The conflict arose from growing tensions between residents of Great Britain’s 13 North American colonies and the colonial government. -
Battles of Lexington and Concord
Battles of Lexington and Concord had happened because tensions had been building for many years between residents of the 13 American colonies and the British authorities, particularly in Massachusetts.
