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were busy commercial centers
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taxing sugar and coffee
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an act of the British Parliament in 1765 that exacted revenue from the American colonies by imposing a stamp duty on newspapers and legal and commercial documents.
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known as the Incident on King Street by the British, was an incident on March 5, 1770
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threw 342 chests of tea overboard. This resulted in the passage of the punitive Coercive Acts in 1774 and pushed the two sides closer to war.
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this war became known as the american revolution
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The declaration reflects several ideas of john Locke, governments duty to protect the peoples natural rights, people have the right "alter or abolish' unjust governments.
