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War faught by between the French and Indians against the British over part of Pennslyvania and Ohio. Great Britain won the war but demanded that the colonists pay the war reparations.
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Placed tax on newspapers, legal documents, books, and even playing cards. The colonists protested until the Stamp Act was repealed.
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Result of the Townshend Act.
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Group met in Mass. to discuss relations with Great Briatin. Results: Embargo and Boycott on the British
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Created a central governement and elected John Hancock as the president and George Washington as genrral of the colonial army
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Richard Henry Lee staed that the colonies should be independent staes from Great Britain. Congress approved July 2nd thus the colonies became independent from Great Britain.
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Congress approved Thomas Jeffersons draft for the Declaration of Indepdence. The DOC had 3 parts: the preamble, a list of basic human rights, and essentially the reasons why the colonists left Great Britain.
