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the battle in Europe and only secondarily on confict in the colonies
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an intercolonial governmrnt and a system for recruiting troops and collecting taxes from the various colonies for their common defense
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pursued a colonial policy, aimed at solving Britian domestic financial problems
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act requiring that revenue stamps be placed on most printed paper in the colonies
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cooperative action among the colonies to protect the form
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act requiring colonists to provide food and living quarters for British soldiers
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new duties to be collected on colonial imports of tea, glass, and paper
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crowd of colonists harassed the guards near customs house, guards killed 5 people including Crispus attaucks
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a group of bostanians dressed as N. American boarded british and dumped 342 chests of tea in the Harber
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A law organising the Canadian lands gained from France
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a convention in Philadeiphia that determined how the colonies should react to what seemed to pose an alarming threat to their rights and liberties
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Punitive acts ( the coercive acts)
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Divided into two groups where one group thought colonies should declare independence: one hoped conflict could be resolved.
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all men created equel:life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness are the unalienable rights
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plan to protect the powers of the individual states