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The French and Indian war was a conflict in North America that was part of worldwide struggle between France and Britain. Britain won and received French Canada as a tribute. This also cemented their place in the colonies on what is now the east coast of the U.S.A.
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The Stamp Act was the law that established the first direct taxation of goods and services within the British colonies in North America.
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These acts taxed goods that were imported from Britin such as lead, glass, paint, paper, and tea. This really caused an outrage among the British colonists in America.
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This was a clash between colonists and British soldiers, in which five of the colonists were killed.
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This is the act that allowed the British East India Cmpany to sell tea to the colonies free of tax, forcing the colonists to pick up the tab.
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This was the dumping of 18,000 pounds of tea into the the Boston Harbor to protest the outrageous tea act.
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These were a series of acts that the colonists found to be "intolerable" and was a major event leading up to the revolution. The first of these acts was the "Boston Port act" which was passed on March 30, 1774 as a direct response to the Boston Tea party.
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This is when the first continental congress met. 56 delegates from the thirteen different colonies drew up a declaration of colonial rights.
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April 19, 1775 will always be a day that is special to Americans. This is the day that we fought the first two battles of the revolutionary war against the British.
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This was the landmark eent where it was decided that the colonists shall fight for their independence
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This was a pamphlet published by Thomas Paine that called for the seperation of the colonies from Britain
