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period of time that colonist are building up to revolution, Events on way to Independecne
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British and French fought over land and the Indians fought on both sides
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Sugar Act 1764
1. Reduces tax on sugar and molasses
2. Increases enforcement of tax collection, specifically cracking down on smuggling
3. Colonist did not like the change, used to salutary neglect -
1.England requires a tax on all printed materials, stamp on the document proved that the tax was paid
2.Colonists were outraged as this tax was purely for British revenue
3.Colonists complained that they had no parliamentary representation
a.No one from the colonies had a say in the taxes being passed
4.Stamp Act Congress met in New York, decided to ban British goods until the Stamp Act was Repealed
5.Sons of Liberty organize boycott in Boston -
was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain, which accompanied the repeal of the Stamp Act 1765 and the changing and lessening of the Sugar Act.
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the american revolution begins
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colonists to fight british soldiers in boston