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Conflicting claims between Great Britain and France over territory and waterways, beaver trade, religious differences, control of the Grand Banks.
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an act of the British Parliament in 1765 that exacted revenue from the American colonies by imposing a stamp duty on newspapers and legal and commercial documents. Colonial opposition led to the act's repeal in 1766 and helped encourage the revolutionary movement against the Crown.
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initiated taxes on glass, lead, paint, paper, and tea.
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a street fight that occurred on March 5, 1770, between a "patriot" mob, throwing snowballs, stones, and sticks, and a squad of British soldiers.
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a series of punitive laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774 after the Boston Tea Party.
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the Congress issued a Declaration of Rights, affirming its loyalty to the British Crown but disputing the British Parliament's right to tax it without representation in the parliament, between September 5 and October 26, 1774.
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requesting that it was time for the Virginia colony to raise a militia in order to defend their right to freedom.
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alerting Colonial militia of British invasion
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The Battle of Bunker Hill was fought during the Siege of Boston. The Battle of Bunker Hill was fought in Charlestown, Massachusetts. The Battle of Bunker Hill was fought on June 17th, 1775. The Battle of Bunker Hill was fought for only one day.
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In Common Sense, Paine argued that it was absurd for an island to rule a Continent, that America could avoid European conflicts by being free of Great Britain, that London was too far from America to rule it, and that the King and Parliament would inevitably rule for Britains benefit, not Americas.
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The Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. It was engrossed on parchment and on August 2, 1776, delegates began signing it.