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The colonists acted in a very rude manner, but you can't blame them, the tax was high! The colonists also threw out pounds and pounds of tea into the ocean, so they wouldn't be taxed on it. How they acted is what today we call the Boston Tea Party.

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Why did the colonists go against the king?

The colonists went against the king because he was raising all the taxes, and made new taxes for things that don't make sense. he raised the taxes so high that the colonists just couldn't stand it and started the Revolutionary War.


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What did the Townshend Act create besides new taxes?

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to be free from taxesand to make the king mad and angry.


How did the colonists protest or show that they were against the new taxes?

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Where did The Intolerable Acts take place?

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How did colonists try to change the new taxes?

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