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Benjamin Franklin called for the British colonies to unite expecting a war with France in North America.
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war started
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The British defeated the French and took Canada. France was no longer a threat to the English colonies
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The British prohibited the colonists from settling west of Appalachian Moutains.
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Parliament passed a tax on colonial newspapers, pamphlets, books, legal documents, and even dice and playing cards.
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A special meeting was called to preotest the British tax. A group known as the Sons of Liberty was formed to resist British policy.
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Parliament repealed the Stamp Act.
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On the same day that Parliament removed the Stamp Act it passed a Declaratory Act stating that it had power to pass any laws governing the American colonies
