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It forbade colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains and made people who wanted to expand there land mad.
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It placed a tax on sugar and molasses, and aimed to curb the widespread smuggling of these goods.
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required colonists to pay a tax on printed materials like newspapers, legal documents, and playing cards.
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imposed duties on imported goods like glass, lead, paints, paper, and tea.
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Tea Act was an attempt by the British government to bail out the struggling British East India Company.
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These were a series of punitive laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774 in response to the Boston Tea Party.
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This assembly of delegates from twelve of the thirteen colonies met in Philadelphia in 1774.
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It managed the colonial war effort and, in time, moved toward independence.
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These were the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War.
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The statement adopted by the Second Continental Congress declaring that the thirteen American colonies were no longer part of the British Empire.
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A pamphlet written by Thomas Paine that advocated for independence from Great Britain