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Ended the Seven Year's War, signed by Great Britain, France and Spain, with Portugal in agreement. It marked the beginning of an era of Britains dominance outside of Europe.
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Stopped the expansion past a line drawn on the Appalachian Mountains.
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Colonial mecrhants were required to pay a tax on the importation of foreign molasses.
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British Parliament imposed a stamp duty on newspapers, legal, commercial documents. The colonies opposition resulted in the act's repeal in 1766. This helped with the movement against the British rule in the colonies.
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Multiple acts that required colonists to provide food and housing to soldiers.
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An act of parliament that accompanied the repeal of the Stamp Act.
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A series of acts passed by British Parliament. Due to widespread protests, parliament partially repealed the acts.
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A catalyst of the Boston Tea Party. It granted the British East India company a monopoly on tea sales in the colonies.
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A political protest in Boston by the Sons of Liberty. The demonstraters disguised themselves as mohawk indians. They destroyed an entire shipment of tea from the East India Company.
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A series of laws passed by the British Parliament. They were meant to punish the Massachusetts colonists for their defiance of the Boston Tea Party.
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A meeting of delegates from 12 of the 13 colonies. They met to consider options for the colonies such as a boycott of British trade.