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One of the most decisive wars between England and France.
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Was adopted by the Deligates from 7 colonies. It set a precedent for later more revolutionary Congresses in the 1770s
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Act required the colonists to provide food and living quarters for British soldiers stationed.
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Representitives from 9 colonies met in New York and formed a Stamp Act Congress.
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Inacted by Parliment in 1765. It required that revenue stamps be placed on most printed paper in the colonies. The first direct tax collected from those who used goods.
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Required that the revenues raised be used to pay Crown officaials in the colonies making them independent of the colonial assemblies that paid their saleries.
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A crowd of colonists harrassed some gaurds and the gaurds fired back killing five people.
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Parliament passed a Tea Act which made the price of tea cheaper than the price of Dutch tea. Bostonians dumped 342 chests of tea into the harbor.
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The British government passed a law organizing the Canadian lands gained from France and it was accepted by most French-Canadians but resented by many in the 13 Colonies.
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The purpose of the convention was to determine how the colonies should react to what from their veiwpoint seemed to pose a threat to their rights and liberties.
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The British government enacted a series of punitied acts dealing with French-Canada. The colonists got mad and named them the "Intolerable Acts".
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Pursued a colonial policy, aimed at solving Britains domestic financial problems.
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The Congress was divided between one group of deligates who thought the colonies should declare independence. They wanted to negotiate a relationship with Great Britian.
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Five delgates formed a committee to write a statement that listed specific grievances and expressed the basic principles that justified revolution. Adopted on July 4.
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Adopted by Congress and sumitted to the states for ratification. First Constitution for the U.S.