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Was a consistent battle for many American politicians -
series of four laws passed by the British Parliament to punish the colony of Massachusetts Bay for the Boston Tea Party. -
headed The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America, is the founding document of the United States -
led directly to the peace negotiations that ended the war in 1783 and gave America its independence. -
set aside the Articles of Confederation and write a new constitution. -
the first test of federal authority in the United States -
warned European powers not to interfere in the affairs of the Western Hemisphere