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Regulated colonial trade and manufacturing. It was not enforced well. Smuggling was very common.
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Colonies and England defeated the French. Native allies and treasuring of Britain drains.
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-taxed common items (newspaper) “no taxation without representation”
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British spillers attacked and fired a riot. This killed five colonists. They were upset by the fight and that led to war.
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British Tea India Co. we were allowed to directly ship tea to colonies with no middlemen.
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Angry colonists threw the tea into the harbor. Protests/ tea act
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Acts to respond to the Boston Tea Party. It was created by the first Continental Congress.
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Representative talked about how to respond to the harsh punishments against Massachusetts. Led to the Declaration of Independence.
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The first battle of the American Revolution. Led to the second meeting of Continental Congress.
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Discuss the battle part of the war beginning. It’s set up continental army with George Washington as commander.
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Locked way of thinking and reflecting. It talked about natural rights.
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The turning point in the war and French joined America’s side.
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Troops were trained in bad conditions and army is officially trained and ready to fight. (Yorktown)
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The colonist force the British to surrender to them. This led to the Treaty of Paris. This treaty ended the war.
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Flexible framework for government. Articles of confederation were too minuscule so the new document was created.
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This was a document of legal rights for citizens and a piece of freedom. This created federal republic inside a series of checks and balances.