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nov 16, 1776 - Colonists Heavily Taxted

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-6% of people in Britain had to pay, themselves, 20 pence per year, rather than only 4%
-They were taxed on sugar, molasses, paper, glass, lead, paint, and tea.
-The taxes acts that caused a lot of chaos was The Navigation Act, The Plantation Duty Act, The Sugar Act, The Stamp Act, The Townshend Acts, and The Tea Act.

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nov 16, 1776
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~ 249 years ago