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Great Britain fought a costly war against France and the Native Americans. They won French territory. It ended in 1763 and ended the sautory neglect. Ending salutary neglect enforced the navigation acts.
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Colonists were not aloud to settle past Appalachain mountains to avoid conflict with the Native Americans
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Colonists were required to provide barracks and supplies to British troops.
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They refused to buy British goods.
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Representatives helped the stamp act congress to prepare a declaration against the new British Assents.
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Required colonists to attach expensive tax stamps to all newspapers and legal documents.
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Stated the parliament had the right to tax and make decisions for the American colonies in all cases.
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Legalized the use of writs of assistance to assist customs officers in arresting smugglers.
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Colonists caused trouble for British officials and were fired at and 5 died.
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Gave the British East Idian Company the right to ship tea without paying most of the taxes usually placed on tea.
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Group of angry colonist dresses as native americans dumped 342 chests of British tea into the Boston Harbor.
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Restricted the colonists civil rights including the right to trial by jury.
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They demanded that the rights of colonists be restored and they planned to extend the boycotts.
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They debated to either stay loyal or get independence.
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Colonist still saw themselves as loyal to Britain and were fired upson so they questioned their attachment to Britain and began to talk about independence, self-reliance, and freedom from outside control. First to battles were Lexing and Concord in Massachusetts.
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Committee was chosen and Thomas Jefferson wrote most of the Declaration and explained why they should break away.
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Thomas Paine argued that it was simply common sense to stop following the king. By 1776 more than half of the delegate of the second continental congress agreed.
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Few changes to the Declaration of Independence were approved and all colonies were states in theory.