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THE BOSTON MASSACRE The King posted British soldiers in the colonies to keep watch The King posted British soldiers in the colonies to keep watch The colonists got extremly angry at the British soldiers

A soldier hit a civilian and a mob formed around them A soldier hit a civilian and a mob formed around them The mob of colonists threw snowballs at the British soldiers

Soldiers fired many random shots into the mob of civilians Soldiers fired many random shots into the mob of civilians When the Bitish soldiers fired the random shots they kiled five men

STAMP ACT The King wanted money so he started to tax the colonists The King wanted money so he started to tax the colonists The colonists decided to boycott the King's brand new taxes.

A man named Grenville started the Stamp act to tax the colonists A man named Grenville started the stamp act to tax the colonists The colonists had to pay tax for a stamp when they bought paper

Some of the colonists decided not to pay the stamp taxes Some of the colonists decided not to pay the stamp taxes If the colonists did not pay for the stamp they were tried in court

TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION Colonists were taxed without representation in Parliament Colonists were taxed without representation in Parliament Paliament could not tax colonists without permission

The citizens were upset about this new tax from the King The citizens were upset about this new tax from the King They wanted their own representation in England's Parliament

The British King passed a new law so that the colonists would have to pay more taxes The British King passed a new law so that the colonists would have to pay more taxes then the colonists decided to issue a boycott on the law