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By the Treaty of Paris 1763, Britain was victorious over France and gained their Canadian territory.
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Issed by King George III to prevent settlers from living across the Appalachian Mountans, as that was Native American land. (They did anyways)
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A revenue raising act passed by Parliament; angered merchants and people it affected.
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Imposed tax on legal documents, newspapers, etc. First direct tax on American Colonists and is widely resisted.
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A fight in which British soldiers killed five colonists, displaying the growing resentment between the two sides.
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(Established Spring of 1772; March 1st might not be the exact date)
Formed to keep the colonies notified of the resistance of the Stamp Act. -
Political protest by the Sons of Liberty in which boycotters threw tea from Britain in the ocean as an act against "taxation without representation."
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Discontinuing the landing or shipping or discharging goods, wares, and merchandise, the first of the Intolderable Acts, which were passed by the British to reprimand the Colonies.
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(Another one of the Intolerable Acts)
An Act to regular Massachusetts, which was a highly prominent city at the time. -
Made British officials immune to criminal prosecution on Massachusetts.
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Extended freedom of worship of Catholics in Canada, angering a bunch of Protestants, also restoring the French Civil Law.
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First shots are fired at the battles of Lexington and Concord.
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Forced the colonists to allow soldiers to live in their homes, if there weren't enough space in barracks.
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Inexperienced colonial soldiers hold off experienced British soldiers at Breed's Hill; although they were forced to retreat, it showed the Patriots weren't intimidated by the British.
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A statement adopted by the Continental Congress, the thirteen colonies unanimously and "officially" regarding themselves as seperate from Britain.
