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Seven Year's War ends: British territory doubles
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First taxing law in colonies; aroused resentment by colonists towards Prime Minister George Grenville; protests by colonists
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raised money to support new military force; colonists throught it was fiscal agression; colonists thought Grenville was striking at their local liberties; beginning of "No taxation without representation.";
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required colonies to provide food and housing for British troops; kept resentment burning; caused British to question why colonists couldn't pay for their own protection
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repealed Stamp Tax; helped unite colonies
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England declares authority over colonies
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taxed tea; smugglers increased; enflamed "No taxation without representation."; extra soldiers
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11 Bostonians injured; 2 redcoats found guilty of manslaughter; Paul Revere's engraving circulated
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spread spirit of resistance; stimulated united action; evolved into first American congress; led to House of Burgesses
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colonists thought of event as a "badge of slavery"; conservatives complained about destruction of private property and violation of laws and anarchy; Hutchinson went back to Britian
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rights of colonists swept away; colonies' governments crushed;
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Declaration of Rights; The Association; boycott of British goods; tarring and feathering of those who went against The Association;
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killed 8 Americans; colonists forced redcoats to retreat; 300 redcoat casualties;
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thought of by colonists as reaction to Boston Massacre; French Canadians got more land; angered anti-Catholics;
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continental army; George Washington commander; Olive Branch Petition;
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many British casualties; convinced king that this was war
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promised freedom to enslaved blacks; tightened slave patrols; 300 slaves on British side
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symbolic of American democracy; Emancipation of black slaves; paved the way for equality among men and women; Bill of Rights and Constitution to follow
