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(seve yaers' war) war fought between the colonies of British America and New France, with help from both side's parent countries (Great Britian & France) and Native American allies
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issued by King George III to forbid settlement past a line drawn along the Appalachian Mountains
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tax imposed on coloniests requiring them to pay a tax on all printed paper
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caused American colonies to house and feed British soldiers
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(first congress) representatives from some of the british colonies gathered to protest british taxation
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street fight between "patriot" mob and a squad of British soldiers
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tax of tea on the American colonists by the British
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a political protest by the "Sons of Liberty" in Boston
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(Intolerable Acts) series of laws passed by the British Parliament in responce to the Boston Tea Party
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meeting of delegates from twelve of the thirteen colonies
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firdt military engagements of the American Revolutionary war
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convention of delegates from the thirteen colonies
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(battle of Long Island) series of battles for control of New York and the state of New Jersey
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a small battle in which General George Washington's revolutionary forces defeated British forces
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battle giving victory to the Americans over the British in the American Revolutionary War
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served as the United States' first constitution
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decisive victory for the Americans
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took place to address problems in governing the United States of America
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