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Britain and France went to war over land in North America from 1754 to 1763. Britain won the war
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Forbade American colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains. Granted Britain a great portion of North American land.
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Demanded colonists to pay a tax on every piece of printed paper.
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Laws that placed new taxes and took away some freedoms from the colonists.
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Demanded the colonists to house the British soldiers.
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The British government granted the company a monopoly on the importation and sale of tea in the colonies.
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Political protest in Boston where colonists dressed as Native Americans and poured 342 chests of tea into the harbor. The colonists were upset at the excessive taxes.
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4 out of 5 acts were passed as a reprisal for rebellion.
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British soldiers opened fire on American colonists. 5 men were killed. The colonists harassed the soldiers because the British imposed taxes on tea, glass, paper, and lead.
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Colonists didn't have any representatives in the Parliament when it came to the taxed goods of sugar, cloth, and coffee.
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Delegates from the 12 out of 13 colonies, that later became the United States of America, had a meeting.
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A phrase used to refer to the beginning of the American Revolutionary War.
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A meeting to form the Continental Army.
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A pamphlet was written by Thomas Paine recommending independence from Great Britain to people in the 13 colonies.
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A document declaring independence from Great Britain.