acts - a law, Sugar Act - law passed by the British Parliament setting taxes on molasses and sugar imported by the colonies, Stamp Act - 1765; law that taxed printed goods, including: playing cards, documents, newspapers, etc., tax - a required payment to a local, state, or national government, boycott - A refusal to buy or use goods and services., tariff - A government tax on imports or exports, smuggle - To import or export goods secretly and in violation of law, Boston Massacre - The first bloodshed of the American Revolution, as British guards at the Boston Customs House opened fire on a crowd killing five Americans, Sons of Liberty - secret society formed to oppose British policies, Tea Act - tax on tea, monopoly - Complete control of a product or business by one person or group, Boston Tea Party - demonstration (1773) by citizens of Boston who (disguised as Indians) raided three British ships in Boston harbor and dumped hundreds of chests of tea into the harbor, Pontiac's War - A 1763 conflict between Native Americans and the British over settlement of Indian lands in the Great Lakes area,

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