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the french put attack on the frontier in 1754 and benjamin franklin proposed a plan called the albony plan of union they rejected the plan however because of all the powe to an assembly made up of representatives.
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he had different ideas about how the colonies should be governed.
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gained complete control of the eastern third of the continent.
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imposed the first direct tax on the colonists.
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nine colonies sent delegates to a meeting in new york called the stamp act congress
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a group of colonist dressed as mohawk indians dumped 342 cheast of british tea into bosten harbor this protest became know as the bosten tea party
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the coercive act withdrew the right of the massachusetts colony to govern itself.
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the committees of corrispondence were using resistance to the british.
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the intolerable acts promted virginia and massachusetts to call a general meeting of the colonies. delegatse from all the colonies except georgia met in philadelphia on sept. 5, 1774 for the first continental congress.
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assumend powers of the contral government
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the first blow fell early on the morning of april british redcoats clashed with lexington and concord
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lee introduced a resolution in the continental congress
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the declaration of independence was signed
