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The Proclamation of 1763 stated that no one can settle west of the Appalachian mountain. Colonist reacted by ignoring it and going west anyway
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Imposed a tax of six pence per gallon of molasses
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Makes colonist provide homes for the British soldiers
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New tax to make American colonists pay a tax on every piece of printing paper they used.
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The Declaratory Act was an act of the parliament of Great Britain, which accompanied the repeal of the Stamp Act 1765 and the changing and lessening of the Sugar Act
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After months of protest, and a appeal by Ben Franklin before the British House of Commons
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In June 1767 the English parliament decided to cut Britain land taxes
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The killing of five colonists by British soldiers.
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Passed by parliament on May 10, 1773 granted by the British East India Company, tea a monopoly on tea sales in America
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The Boston Tea Party was a political protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston, on December 16, 1773
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Where the American Patriots terms for series of punitive laws passed by the British parliament
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The Battles of Lexington and Concord, fought on April 19, 1775, kicked off the American Revolutionary War
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British defeated the Americans, but gave Americans a confidence boost
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The second Continental Congress was a convention of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies that started meeting in the summer of 1775, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, that, soon after warfare, declared the American Revolutionary War had begun
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The Constitution was written during the Philadelphia Convention--now known as the Constitutional Convention--which convened from May 25 to September 17, 1787. It was signed on September 17, 1787
