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The line that was created by the British so that the colonists could not go west of the Appalachian Mountains and start a war with the Native Americans.
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Taxes were placed on molasses and sugar
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People were forced to buy stamps to put on letters and official documents.
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The colonists were forced to house and feed the British soldiers to save money for Britain.
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Taxes were made on glass, paint, paper, lead, and tea
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The colonists and British soldiers have a small battle in the middle of the night where 6 colonists die.
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A committee of resistance leaders that talk of how to respond to the British.
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In the tea act the British made it so that the colonists could only buy tea from them and there was tax on the tea.
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The colonists boycott the tea and it rots on the docks. They also throw 342 chests of tea into the Boston harbor.
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Delegates from 12 of the 13 colonies came to carpenters hall to talk if they should boycott British products and petition King George III.
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The Intolerable acts were punishment to the Massachusetts colonies for the Boston Tea Party
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The second Continental Congress decided to create an army that they would print their own money to pay for and that George Washington would be the general of.
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"The shot heard 'round the world" was fired at Lexington and in that battle 8 colonists died and 10 were wounded. Concord was where all of the militias weapons were but the militia was out and waiting for the British ready to fight.
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The document that stated why the united states wanted to break free from Britain.