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The House of Burgesses met to show an example of representative government.
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The Pilgrims left Britain in search of religious freedom
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The settlers started founding colonies in the Americas.
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The settlers started growing cash crops on plantations to make money.
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The colonies sent supplies to Britain and got supplies back from them.
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This war took place to gain control over the Americas, and the British won in the end.
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The colonies didn’t agree with the Stamp Act so they decided to not buy their products in hopes to get rid of it.
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The Americans hated the new taxes and started to attack royal tax collectors, and made fun of the king.
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Mobs started attacking royal guards and in turn the guards started firing their weapons killing 5 people.
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This act was passed to let the British sell their tea very cheap, because they didn’t have to pay the tax the Americans had to pay.
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The Continental Congress met to decide either to settle the disputes between America and Britain or to claim their independence by war.
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They met again to see if they could just settle the dispute peacefully one last time but king George III didn’t listen.
