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War between French and great Britain for north America.
Brittan’s purpose was to claim land west of the Appalachians.
This made the colonists happy that they could move west -
treaty that ended the war between the french and great britain
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told colonists they couldn’t cross the Appalachians because Britain couldn’t protect them
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Brittan put taxes on anything containing sugar or molasses
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put taxes on legal documents, mail, and paper.
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soldiers could search houses without permission or a warrant
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put taxes on house hold items.
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colonists had to house soldiers and give them supplies.
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a crowd protested and were shot at by british soldiers.
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sons of liberty dresssed as indians and pourd all the tea into the water.
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told colonists they couldnt hold meeting and closed the harbor they also sent more troops to enforce these new laws
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patrick henry tried to get more americans onboard with the idea of seperating from britain
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first shots fired of the revolution
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discribed as "the shot heard around the world" because it was the first shot of the revolution
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battle between colonists and britain.
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britain sent troops to take over the fort on top of bunker hill and destroy all of the colonists supllies
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rebels attacked because the fort occupied a strategic point between lakes Champlain and George
The fort held a supply of cannon and other artillery, items badly needed by the rebel forces
The fort was lightly defended -
thomas paine published common sense to get the colonists to rebel against britain
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declared thet the colonists were nol onger apart of britain and were there own country
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britain attacked new york to cripple our economy
britain won
occupied new york the rest of the war