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War from 1756 to 1763 between france and great britain for supremacy in north carolina it caused colonial heavy taxation-led to American Revolution
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British statement that colonist could not settle west of the Appalachian Mountains.
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British law placing a tax on printed colonial matter (paper products)
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British 1760s law requiring colonist to supply the basic needs of the british soldiers-- 3rd amendment protects Americans from this.
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The Townshend Acts were a series of laws passed by the British government on the American colonies in 1767.
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Violent confrontation between british troops and colonist. 5 Colonist were murdered.
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British law in response to the boston tea party (took away the colonist civil rights)
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The Tea Act was an Act of Great Britain's Parliament to impose a tax on tea and reduce the massive tea surplus of the British East India Company in London, a company in financial trouble
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Protest by the sons of liberty against the british. Colonist dressed up as indians and threw tea overboard. led by Samuel Adams
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The sugar act was passed by Parliament on 5 April 1764, and it arrived in the colonies at a time of economic depression. It was an indirect tax, although the colonists were well informed of its presence.
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The First Continental Congress was a meeting of 12 delegates from the 13 british colonies that became the United States.
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"The shot heard round the world" is a phrase that refers to the opening shot of the Battle of Concord in 1775
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The Second Continental Congress was a meeting of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies in America which united in the American Revolutionary War.
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Written by Thomas Paine, that called for independence from Great britain.
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The declaration explains why the colonies should break away from Britain. It says that people have rights that cannot be taken away.