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The English and the French battled for colonial domination in North America, the Caribbean, and in India.
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Prohibited settlement beyond the Appalachian Mountains.
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Organized by Samual Adams, this helped spread propaganda and information through letters.
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Act that put a three cent tax on foreign refined sugar and increased taxes of coffee, indigo, and certain kinds of wine. It banned importation of rum and French wines.
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Parliament argued that colonial currency had caused a devaluation harmful to British trade. They banned American Assemblies from issuing paper bills or bills of credit.
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Colonists tried to fight back by imposing non-importation agreements.
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In 1765, 27 delegates from nine colonies met in NYC and drew up a statement of rights and grievances thereby bringing colonies together in opposition to Britain.
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Series of four acts passed by the British Parliament.
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The Boston Massacre was the killing of five colonists by British regulars on March 5, 1770.
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The Tea Act was designed to prop up the East India Company which was floundering financially and burdened with eighteen million pounds of unsold tea.
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The Boston Tea Party was a political protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston
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A series of British measures passed in 1774 and designed to punish the Massachusetts colonists for the Boston Tea Party.
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The First Continental Congress was a convention of delegates from twelve colonies that met on September 5, 1774, at Carpenters' Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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The first battle of the American Revolution