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This and subsequent trade laws prevented colonists from selling their most valuable products to any country except Britain.
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When the French enlisted numerous Native American tribes to fight on their side, war erupted between the natives and the French.
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Colonist had to pat a tax to have an official stamp put on wills, deeds, newspapers, and other printed materials.
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A group of colonists dumped tea into the Boston Harbor.
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Protested the treatment of Boston
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British soldiers and American militia-men exchanged fire on the village green in Lexington, Massachusetts.
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Voted to raise an army and organize for battle under the command of a Virginian named George Washington. Published Declaration of Independance which was a firm belief in the ideas on John Locke and the Enlightenment.