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Britain fighting war with France over control of the land in the Ohio River Valley.
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A new tax that required a stamp for all printed items including newspapers, legal documents, and even playing cards.
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Colonies decided to organize and sent representatives to a meeting in New York City that became known as the stamp act congress
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Parliament passed the Declaratory Act stating that it had all power to make laws that were strong enough to keep the people in the colonies under Great Britain's control.
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Townshend Acts were enacted, taxing British imports, products shipped from other countries such as glass, tea, lead, paint, and paper.
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Britain mostly repealed the Townshend Acts, but the tax on tea remained.
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Angry Mob began throwing rocks and snowballs where the taxes were collected, Shots rang out, killing five colonists.
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Parliament passed tea act allowing only the British East India Company to sell tea in the colonies.
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The Sons of Liberty dressed as Mohawk Indians, boarded British ships in Boston, and dumped the cargo of tea into the harbor
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Outraged Parliament punished the Boston Rebels by passing the Coercive Acts
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The colonies united behind the belief that their rights were being violated by a would-be tyrant- the King. Each colony, except for Georgia, sent delegates to meet in Philadelphia in 1774 for the first continental congress.
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The king would hear every single complaint from the colonies so they decided to have the second continental congress.
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This is getting close to the declaration of independence , fighting and war had already begun.
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Independence from Great Britain was finally declared.
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There were no longer ant stamp commissioners left in colonies to collect the tax, under all the pressure from the colonies, Britain ultimately decided to repeal the Stamp Act .
