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The 1763 Treaty of Paris brought about the end of the French and Indian War and the Seven Years’ War
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In the fall of 1763, a royal decree was issued that prohibited the North American colonists from establishing or maintaining settlements west of an imaginary line running down the crest of the Appalachian Mountains
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On April 5, 1764, Parliament passed a modified version of the Sugar and Molasses Act (1733), which was about to expire.
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In this act the colonist had to pay a tax on almost all printed materials.
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The Quartering Act of 1765 required the colonies to house British soldiers in barracks provided by the colonies. If the barracks were too small to house all the soldiers, then localities were to accommodate the soldiers in local inns, livery stables, ale houses, victualling houses, and the houses of sellers of wine.
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In Boston in early summer of 1765 a group of shopkeepers and artisans who called themselves The Loyal Nine, began preparing for agitation against the Stamp Act. As that group grew, it came to be known as the Sons of Liberty.
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The Nonimportation Agreements were a series of commercial restrictions, boycotting British imports
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Taxes on glass, paint, oil, lead, paper, and tea.
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The Boston Massacre occurred on March 5, 1770, when a "patriot" mob, throwing snowballs, stones, and sticks at a squad of British soldiers. The British soldiers ended up shooting at the colonist and killing 6 people.
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The Tea act gave a Tax break to the East India Tea Company.
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On December 16, 1773 a group of Boston patriots boarded three English Ships, the Bedford, Beaver and Dartmouth, and threw the tea aboard into Boston Harbour. These patriots were disguised as Mohawk Indians and, in order to gain access to the ships, armed themselves with hatchets and axes.
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The Battles of Lexington and Concord, fought on April 19, 1775, kicked off the American Revolutionary War
