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Great Britain prohibited settlement beyond the Appalachian mountains.
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The Sugar Act raised revenue by increasing taxes on sugar that was imported from the West Indies.
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Colonists and British soldiers fought in the streets of Boston.
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Colonists dumped tea from three ships overboard into the Boston harbor to protest high taxes.
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Representatives from the colonies met in Philadelphia to discuss the creation of The Associations, which would boycot British goods.
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King Louis XVI convened the Estates-General with the intention to raise money by making new taxes.
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The Assembly proposed a new constitution similar to England's. The King would have seperate power from an elected legislature.
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Frances dlcares with on Austria, Prussia later joined the war on Austria's side.
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King Louis XVI is tried for treason and sentenced to death. The Reign of Terror begins.
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Maximilien Robespierre, a leader in the revolution, is exceuted. Power shifts from the radicals to the middle class.
