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The British win the French and Indian War. France cedes North American territory to the British
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Uprising of Native Americans in the Great Lakes region after the French and Indian War in response to unfair treatment by the British.
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The Sugar Act actually reduced the tax on molasses, but reienforced the implementation (Stopped smuggeling) of the tax which angered colonists who were used to a system of Salutary Neglect
- Reduces tax on sugar and molasses
- Increases enforcement of tax collection, specifically cracking down on smuggling
- Colonist did not like the change, used to salutary neglect
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- England requires a tax on all printed materials, stamp on the document proved that the tax was paid
- Colonists were outraged as this tax was purely for British revenue
- Colonists complained that they had no parliamentary representation a. No one from the colonies had a say in the taxes being placed on them
- Stamp Act Congress met in New York, decided to ban British goods until the Stamp Act was Repealed
- Sons of Liberty organize boycott in Boston
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Under this act colonists must provide housing and supplies for British soldiers stationed in their colony
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Repeals the Stamp Act, BUT reaffirms Englands ability to make laws to regulate the colonies.
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Tax on paper, led, paint, glass, and tea. These taxes are for the sole purpose of generating revenue for England.
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Colonists and British soldiers get into an altercation in Boston and 5 colonists are shot and killed
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Sons of Liberty sneak onto British Tea Ships and dump cargo into Boston Harbor.
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British response to the Boston Tea Party.
- Shut down Boston Harbor until the tea was paid for
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12 of the 13 colonies send representatives to discuss the Intolerable Acts.
1st time colonies unite in one government action
