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Was started by George Washington near Fort Duquesne. BOth the colonists and British fought the French. They taxed the colonist to get out of debt.
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Tax on 50 paper documents and colonist were upset because tax was passed without consent of colonial assemblies
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The Tea Act was one of many tax acts enforced by Britain on the colonies. This was the first attempt at colonial unity against the British. The Parliament responded with harsher rules and the war started 2 years later.
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Required colonists to house British troops.
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Tax on imports like lead, paint, paper, and tea.
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There was conflict between colonists and Redcoats. 5 colonists were killed.
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One of several measures imposed on the American colonists by the indebted British government in the decade leading up to the American Revolutionary War . The main purpose was to bail out the East India Company.
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The dumping of the tea in the harbor was the most destructive act the colonist had done against Britain so far.
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Was compromised of delegates from the colonies, met in reaction to the Intolerable Acts, a series of measures imposed by the British Government in response to their resistance to new taxes.
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Closed the port of Boston until damages were paid off from the incidents of the Tea Act.. Colonial Government power was reduced
