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The start of an imperial war between Great Britain and France, known as the Seven Years War
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Plan to place British colonies under a more centralized government.
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The war ended with the Treaty of Paris in 1763
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Law passed by Parliament to increase taxes on the colonies.
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A street fight that occurred, between a patriot mob and a squad of British soldiers. Several colonists were killed.
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Colonists angry at Britain for imposing taxation without representation, thus they dumped 342 chests of tea into the harbor.
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Laws passed by Parliament after the Boston Tea Party
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Delegates from the 13 colonies except Georgia met to organize colonial resistance.
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Americans have had enough of the way they are being treated by Britain.
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The battle to start of the American Revolutionary War
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The Declaration summarized the colonists' motivations for seeking independence.
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Americans are now free from the reign of Britain