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colonies of British America against those of New France, each side supported by American Indian military units
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An act to stop the smuggling of sugar, and molasses
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Series of resolutions passed by the Virginia House of Bugesses
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An act regulating stamp duty
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Laws passed by the British government to add tax on imports of paper, paint, lead, glass, and tea.
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A confrontation in which British soldiers shot and killed several people while being harassed by a mob in Boston
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Objective was to reduce the massive amounts of tea held by the financially troubled British East India
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laws meant to punish the Massachusetts colonists for their defiance in the Tea Party protest in reaction to changes in taxation by the British to the detriment of colonial goods.
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he first battle of the Revolutionary War
https://www.dictionary.com/browse/lexington-and-concord--battle-of
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Continental congresses that were held by two different people
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A paper written by Thomas Paine in 1775–76 advocating independence from Great Britain to people in the Thirteen Colonies.
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