England
began
to
impose
____________________
,
such
as
the
____________________
____________________
in
1765
.
Its
purpose
was
to
raise
the
money
needed
to
pay
for
the
____________________
and
Indian
War
.
It
had
been
a
very
expensive
war
for
____________________
.
The
Stamp
Act
required
colonists
to
buy
a
government
____________________
for
almost
every
____________________
document
.
Colonists
____________________
,
saying
that
Parliament
should
not
tax
them
when
they
had
no
____________________
in
the
English
governing
body
.
Early
in
the
1770s
,
two
events
in
Boston
showed
that
colonists
were
becoming
____________________
.
In
the
1770
Boston
____________________
,
British
soldiers
fired
into
an
angry
mob
that
had
been
taunting
them
,
____________________
five
men
.
In
the
1773
Boston
____________________
____________________
,
colonists
dumped
342
chests
of
tea
into
Boston
Harbor
to
____________________
a
tax
on
tea
.
Things
were
heating
up
!
England
was
not
pleased
with
the
rebellious
colonists
.
In
1774
,
____________________
passed
a
series
of
laws
called
Coercive
Acts
____________________
the
colony
of
____________________
and
set
an
example
for
the
other
colonies
.
Americans
called
these
laws
the
____________________
____________________
.
