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Fourth and most defusive war in the colonies lasted sevens years
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written by Benjamin Franklin this was the first document to aim for a permanent union of American colonies.
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Pursued a colony policy aimed at solving Britain's domestic financial problems
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in efforts to raise funds most printed papers in the colonies had to have stamps
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An act that made the colonists provide food and living quarters for British soldiers
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Resolved that only their own elected representatives had elected the legal authority to approve taxes
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Revenues raised to be used to pay crown officials in the colonies
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Street fight that involved British guards and a mob of "patriots" leaving five people dead including a free black man named Crispus Attucks
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Sixty men dressed as Native Americans dumped the entire shipment of tea into the harbor.
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British government enacted a series of punitive acts
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Divided into 2 groups where one group thought the colonies should decide on their independence
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Law passed to organize Canadian lands
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Determined how the colonies should react to what, from their viewpoint
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Announced the thirteen colonies’ separation from Britain and explained the reasons for the decision.
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The representatives of the thirteen states agree to create a confederacy called the United States of America