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A war between the British colonists and the French and Native Americans. The English got Canada and Florida afterwards
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People begin to tar and feather tax collectors they find
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Taxes are applied to paper products
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Samuel Adams forms the Sons of Liberty, a rebellious group that oppose the Stamp Act
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Stamp Act is replaced with taxes on paper, tea, lead, and glass.
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People organize a boycott of taxed British goods
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British soldiers shoot people in Boston and a few people die
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Most taxes are repealed but some remain
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Colonists dump tea into the ocean after a tax on tea is put into action
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People from almost every colony form a continental congress
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British troops arrive in Boston to keep people in line
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Patrick Henry gives a famous speech with a famous line ("Give me liberty or give me death!")