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The French Indian War was one of a series of wars between the British and French starting as early as the 1600s. The French Indian War took place from 1754 to 1763.
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The Sugar Act was the first tax on the American colonies imposed by the British Parliament. Its purpose was to raise revenue through the colonial customs service and control the trade of the colonist.
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The Stamp Act 1765 was a direct tax imposed by the British Parliament specifically on the colonies of British America. The act required that many printed materials in the colonies be produced on stamped paper produced in London, carrying an embossed revenue stamp. These printed materials were legal documents, magazines, newspapers and many other types of paper used throughout the colonies.
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Patrick Henry was an outspoken critic of the Stamp Act and introduced seven resolutions against it to the Virginia House of Burgesses. His famous quote, “give me liberty, or give me death!” concluded his “If This Be Treason” speech and help stir up the passions of the colonists.
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After the French and Indian war Britian maintained a standing army in the colonies. The act required colonists to open their doors and house soldiers.
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Parliment was granted the right to rule the colonies as it saw fit.
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The Townshend act enforced taxes on imported goods like glass, lead, paper, paint and tea. The colonists were very upset about these taxes. All but the tea act was repealed.
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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 this act was made to help save the East India Tea Company even though it lowered the price of tea it made the company a monopoly and that would threatended the buiness of importers
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The Boston Tea Party (initially referred to by John Adams as "the Destruction of the Tea in Boston") was a political protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston, on December 16, 1773.
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These laws were meant to have the people pay for the tea that they destroyed during the Boston Tea Party. The laws closed Boston Harbor and forced colonists to house British soldier's in their homes.
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The First Continental Congress took place in Philadelphia on September 5, 1774
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Paul Revere warned Sam Adams and John Hancock that the British soldiers were coming to arrest them, if he had not the revolutionary war might have been stalled.
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The colonists had weapons stored in Lexington and Concord, so the Brittish decided to go there and sieze the weapons from the Colonists.
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During the Battle of Bunker Hill the British won but sustained heavy casualties. It was a big morale boost for the Americans, it convinced us that we actually had a chance against the Brits.
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Common Sense was a pamphlet written by Thomas Paine. It was first published anonymously, during the American Revolution. Common Sense, signed "Written by an Englishman", became an immediate success.
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The Declaration of Independence was a statement adopted by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, which announced that the thirteen American colonies then at war with Great Britain regarded themselves as independent states, and no longer a part of the British Empire.
