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War between Great Britain and France also known as the 7 year war. It began in 1754 and ended with the Treaty of Paris in 1763.
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After Britain won the 7 year war and gained land in North America it issued the proclamation, which prohibited American colonist from settling west of Appalachia.
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British legislation aimed at ending the smuggling trade in sugar from the French and Dutch West Indies and at providing increased revenues to fund enlarged British Empire responsibilities
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Was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain which imposed a direct tax on the British colonies in America.
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Requiring local governments of the American colonies to provide the British soldiers with housing and food.
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a series of laws passed by the British government on the American colonies in 1767. They placed new taxes and took away some freedoms from the colonists.
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British soldiers shot and killed several people while being harassed by a mob in Boston.
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The principal objective was to reduce the massive amount of tea held by the financially troubled British East India Company
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They boarded the ships and threw the chests of tea into the Boston Harbor.
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Sought to punish Massachusetts as a warning to other colonies.
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a series of measures imposed by the British government on the colonies in response to their resistance to new taxes.
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Is a phrase referring to several historical incidents, particularly the opening of the American Revolutionary War in 1775
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Was a convention of delegates from the 13 colonies.
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A pamphlet written by Thomas Paine in 1775–1776 advocating independence from Great Britain to people in the Thirteen Colonies.
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It was an official act taken by all 13 American colonies in declaring independence from British rule.