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A result of the French causing repeated conflicts in the Ohio River valley (in the New World). Native Americans were also involved in the war, mostly being on the French side.
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A plan Benjamin Franklin proposed to combine the colonies under a national congress.
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Forced British colonists to move East of the Appalachian Mountains (they could NOT go West, because the Natives were there)
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Reduced the tax rate on Molasses from 6 pence to 3 pence. ...Why were the colonists angry about this again? It's a lower price!
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Taxed printed goods (playing cards, documents, newspapers, etc)
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Forced colonists to take care of British soldiers in their home by supplying them with food, drinks, etc.
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Taxed goods imported to the New World.
Troops were sent to America in order to enforce these laws, but this caused even more conflict between the Colonists and the British. -
It was a snowball fight at first, but later one of the British troops fired a bullet. Five colonists died, and two British troops were proven guilty for doing so thanks to John Adams.
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Angry Colonists dressed up as Native Americans and dumped tea into the sea, costing the tea company $4 million.
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Laws that punished the colonists for the Boston Tea Party; The colonists called them "Intolerale"
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Delegates from twelve colonies (Georgia didn't do this) sent representatives to Philadelphia to discuss a response to the Intolerable Acts.
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The first battle of the American Revolution
