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Tax o printed items
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Required to pay taxes on printed items
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Parliament repeals Stamp Act but brings Declaratory Act, which taxes the colonies
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Tax on colonies
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Tax on glass, lead, paint, and tea
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Taxes on paint, tea, paper, glass, and lead
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British troops fire on colonists, which causes 5 deaths
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They get rid of it except for the tax on tea
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3 hundred chests of tea were dumped into the Boston Harbor
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City has to pay for damage, or ships or prohibited to load or unload in Boston.
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Representatives from the twelve colonies had a meeting in Philadelphia
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Lexington, Concord
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Book written by Thomas Paine was published. Wants American colonists to favor Indians.
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The French sent supplies, money and military to the American colonists.
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They are sent to attend a peace conference to the British, but breaks up and there is no result.
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Many French troops come to US in result of the peace treaty.
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U.S constitution is ratified and becomes law.