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The French and Indian War was a fight between the British and the French for North America.
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The British claimed all land east of the Mississippi River. As colonnists began to move there the Indians started to attack them and the British soldiers could not promise them protection.
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This did not allow colonists to settle West of the the Apalation Mountians.
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A tax placed on Suger, Molasis, and other products shipped to the colonies by Britian.
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This was a law passed by the British that it was required to have a stamp on any document showing that it had been taxed.
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customs officers could search ships at will. This was not a big deal for colonists but it was for the merchants.
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A tax on various household items such as paper, glass, lead, silk, and tea.
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Colonists had to house the British troops and provide food, blankets, pillows, and candles for them.
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A rioting mob confronted British troops at the Boston customs house. The rioters started to throw rocks and ice cicles at the troops. The troops panicked and fired on the mob and killed five colonists.
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The Boston tea party were the men who went aboard ships and dumped the tea over the side into the ocean.
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Colonists could not hold town meatings. This was a cause of the first continental congress meeting.
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The battle of Lexington was the first battle of the revolutionary war. Concord was the first American win of the Revolutionary war.
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At the battle of Bunker Hill the Americans were running low on ammo and other supplies so they were ordered not to fire till they see the whites of their eyes.
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This was a documant that freed the Americans from the British rule.
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Common sense was writtin by John Locke and he was talking about unalianable rights.
