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King George III and Parliament ruled the 

new land. They wanted to tax the 13  

colonies. 

  England called that taxing the Stamp Act. 

They had Taxes prior that had indirect taxes for 

the merchants to pay. The Colonists was 

anger,so they organized it. Congress had a 

boycott on british goods that led a repeal 

against it.

  The Colonists also organized the a Sons and 

Daughters of Liberty in order to protest against 

the British taxes. The Sons of Liberty played a 

significant role in enforcing the boycotts 

through persuasion and intimidation. The 

Daughters of Liberty engaged in spinning bees 

and refused to buy British products.

The British imposed another indirect tax 

through the Townshend duties,which were 

import taxes on paint,paper,tea, and a variety 

of other goods. But the Townshend duties were 

repealed except for for the tax on tea. Which 

led to the Tea Act.

The Colonists were boycotting the tea because 

of a tax imposed under the Townshend acts. 

The sons of liberty feared that the availability of 

cheap tea would threaten the effectiveness of 

the boycott. In Boston they threw the tea 

overboard. Georgetown and Charles Town had 

tea parties that were not as large as the Boston 

protest,but did not allow the tea to be sold. 

The Boston Tea Party resulted in Parliament's 

passage of what the colonists called the 

Intolerable Acts. The colonists sent delegates to 

a Continental Congress in order to address the 

problem of the Intolerable Acts. 

In 1774 , representatives from across the 

South Carolina colony met in charles town to 

elect representatives to the continental 

congress to held in Philadelphia. General 

Committee of 99 to govern the colony instead 

of a royal governor. The Continental   Congress, 

under the leadership of Henry Middleton of 

South Carolina, who was elected its president, 

established a non-importation and non-

exportation agreement.

This led the Declaration of Independence.

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