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The Rhode Island Royal Charter was given by the Brritish to recognize the colony
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During the molasses act taxes were imposed on molasses, sugar, and rum imported to the colonies from anywhere other than England.
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This act forbade the british settlement to settle over the Appalachian Mountains. This act also disabled the settlers to leaving in the upper Ohio River Valley.
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During the "Stamp Act" citizens were required to pay, in the form of a stamp, a fee for any printed document. This included marriage, licenses, and other various objects.
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Colonists were now forced to feed the british soldiers if asked. The colonists became very frustrated and angry after this Act was passed.
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Colonists did not enjoy the presence of the British Soldiers, names were called, and small fights occasionally broke out. However one day a British Soldier struck a man. The result, five men killed.
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As an act of defiance several men snuck out and burnt a large taxing ship.
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After the Boston Tea Party soldiers could be housed anywhere, committees of correspondence were banned, and British Soldiers could stand trial in Britain.
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Every colony met except for Georgia on this day, to organize an uprising against Parliament's Coercive Acts.
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In 1775 John Eldred shot random cannonballs to provoke the English. Once a shot tore through a sail.
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During the American Revolution the "Katy" (later christened the USS Providence) fired the first shots to the British ship Diana, the Katy was the first one to capture a british ship
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In 1775 around 200 German Hessians arrived on the island of Conanicut. They burned nearly 20m homes, they left 2 standing
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This piece of historical document was signed in order to show the world why they wanted to break away from the British Government.
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Congress validated a peaceful ending to the Revolutionary War in April 15, 1783. On September 3, 1783 the treaty of Paris was signed and the war was drawn to it's final conclusion.
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When a bill of rights was introduced in 1789 North Carolina ratified the Constitution.