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British Won the War. But the war left the Britain in debt, and it started looking at America as a source of money.
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The British government banned colonists from settling west of the Appalachian mountains
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parliament taxes sugar imported into the colonies.
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The first direct tax on the American colonies, it taxes legal papers, magazines, newspapers, and other documents. All the money went back to the british monarcy.
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Colonies are ordered to pay for British soldiers on their soil.
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Parliament imposes taxes on many items imported into the colonies.
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Large group of colonist surronded british troops. They opened fire killing five.
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Parliament makes the British East India Company the only company allowed to import tea into the colonies.
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a group of colonists dress as Indians, board British ships in Boston, and dump hundreds of chests of tea into the harbor.
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Angered by the Tea Party, in 1774, Parliament passes a series of laws. Also called the Intolerable Acts
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It meets in Philadelphia with every colony, except Georgia, sending delegates.
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Americans and British troops open fire at Lexington and Concord.
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It meets in Philadelphia.
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Thomas Paine publishes this short, highly popular book arguing for independence from Britain.
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Congress votes to adopt the declaration