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The Proclamation of 1763 forbade American colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains. Britain issued it because they were in deep debt following the French and Indian War, and did not want to fund further westward expansion in America.
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The Stamp Act taxed almost all printing materials shipped from Britain to the colonies, the materials had to be stamped to show that the tax had been paid.
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The Townshend Acts taxed imports such as glass, tea, and paper, protesting against these acts began immediately.
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On Marcch 15, 1770 a fight broke out between the Bostonians and redcoats, the angry townspeople advanced on the redcoats, forcing them to respond with gunfire, resulting in the first bloodshed of the American Revolution.
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On November 20, 1772, Samuel Adams revived the Boston Commmittee of Correspondence which spread the call for action against Britainand caused committees of correspondence to begin appearing across the colonies, riling up the colonists for a revolution.
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Due to the British East India Company facing financial ruin, the Tea Act was passed, giving the company almost total control over the market for tea in the colonies.
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At midnight on December 16 of 1773, colonists dressed as Native Americans clambered aboard three ships loaded with tea from the East India Company and tossed overboard 342 chests of tea.
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TheIntolerable Acts were unfair and violated several rights of the colonists, while it was supposed to assert dominance in the colonies, they only became more furious.
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On September 5, 1774, 55 delegates from twelve of the thirteen colonies gathered in Philadelphia to set up a government that would represent the colonists and oppose the British.
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On the night of April 18, 1775, Paul Revere and William Dawes, members of the Sons of Liberty, began their ride to Lexington to warn colonists of the approaching British forces. When they were later taken into custody by a British patrol, Samuel Prescott carried their warning to Concord.
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The Battle of Lexington was between the redcoats and Captain Jon Parker's 70 minutemen which ended with a loss for America, the Battle of Concord however showed a group of minutemen waiting at the North Bridge decimated the British in a short battle that sent them back to Boston with heavy losses.
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Benedict Arnold and the Connecticut militia teamed up with Ethan Allen's Green Mountain Boys to take over Fort Ticonderoga.
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Delegates from each colony gathered to authorize the printing of money and set up a post office, with Franklin in charge, form committees for handling relations with Native Americans and foreign countries. Most importantly, they created the Continental Army to carry out an overall plan to defeat Britain.
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Colonel William Prescott and his militiamen defended Bunker and Breed's Hill, repelling them twice and causing major losses for the British before Prescott and his men were forced to retreat for lack of ammunition.
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Washington moved his men and cannons into position over Boston while the redcoats slept, forcing General Howe and the redcoats stationed in Boston to board ships and withdraw from Boston.
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Thomas Jefferson wrote a rough draft for the Declaration of Independence that was later modified by the rest of the delegates, and finally it was released to the public, announcing the birth of America.
