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This was part of the seven years war where England tried to kick France out of the new world. The French were outnumbered so they had to rely on the Natives, who thought the french were not as bad as the English. The french and the natives had had some good train relations in the past.
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The seven years war was a crazy war that took place all over the world. countries were trying to claim territory in the new world and invade each other in Europe. England came out on top but incurred a lot of debt.
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The sugar act was a tax that was implemented by the British because they believed that the Colonists should help pay for the war debt.
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This was another Tax that required all legal and publicly used paper to have a stamp on it that was taxed.
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The British sent troops into Boston to enforce the taxes, and the People did not like it. On march 5th some people through snowballs and rocks at the soldiers, who then fired back killing a couple colonists.
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The British Gave a monopoly to the East India company on tea. The colonist would not buy the tea and the British closed the ports down so some colonists came on board the ships and dumped all the tea in to the harbor.
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The battle of Lexington and Concord started the fighting in the revolutionary war. The British were trying to capture a couple of colonist and a rumored stockpile of weapons but the colonists were warned and the minute men fought off the British.
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The declaration of independence was signed and this was the first time that the colonists were set on removing British rule and becoming a new country.
