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parliament passed the sugar act, taxing sugar and coffee.
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parliament passed the stamp act which taxed any paper product.
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british soliders in boston opened fired on a crowd that was pelting them with snowballs.
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some colonists hurled a cargo of tea into the harbor
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tensions between the colonists and british finally erupted into the war at the battle.
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the second continental congress met any voted to declare independence from britain.
