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The British come to the colonies' rescue to fight against the French and Native Americans in a lengthy war that eventually extends to Europe. The British and Americans gain victory along with a heavy debt. This debt is a major cause of the American Revolution.
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A failed attempt of a loose confederation of Native American tribes to regain control of their homelands.
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This act forbid American colonists from moving and settling west of the Appalachian Mountains. Colonists were outraged, claiming to be refused a benefit of their victory in the French and Indian War.
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The Sugar Act was a tax meant to discourage Americans from buying sugar from French colonies and buy only British sugar.
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Parliament declared that Americans could not continue issuing their own currency. Americans felt like the British were infringing on their rights.
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The Stamp Act placed a tax on almost anything on paper like letters, degrees, and legal documents. It was one of the most hated of the acts.
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This Act required colonists to feed and house British troops at their own expense.
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Colonies sent delegates to discuss the Stamp Act. Its importance lies in the increasing communication and unity between the colonies.
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In order to cease the riots and protests of the colonist over the Stamp Act, Parliament repealed it.
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They were a series of acts meant to raise revenue for the salaries of the British officials located in America. This series of acts angered colonists.
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A large crowd of Americans antagonizes a small group of redcoats. The redcoats panicked and shot into the crowd, killing six. This fueled much propaganda to aid the American cause of Independence.
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Groups formed to strengthen the union and communicate about the subject of Revolution.
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An act that placed taxes on all tea other than that of the struggling British East India Company. It was meant to aid the company and stop tea smuggling.
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A group of men dressed as Indians dumped a shipload of British East India Company tea into the Boston Harbor in protest to the Tea Act.
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The Intolerable Acts, also called the Coercive Acts, were a series of acts that punished the Boston Tea Party and enraged the colonists. They included the Stamp Act, the Townshend Acts and the Declaratory Acts.
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This was a meeting of colonial leaders that was meant to settle the conflict. Americans extended the Olive Branch Petition to the king of England. It was rejected.
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Delegates from the colonies met to decide further action and ended up creating and sighing the Declaration of Independence.
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Americans lost due to a shortage of ammunition. But the battle showed the revolutionaries' willingness to fight for their cause.
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