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7 year war; fought for power over North America, caused extreme debt for England
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Saved England money on housing and food and allowed for protection for the colonists (although they didn't want it)
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Act that required any official papers or documents to have a stamp from England on them; used to pay back debt from 7 year war
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Series of Acts that taxed different kinds of goods imported to the colonies
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First "big" altercation between colonists and British soldiers; Very over-exaggerated
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Prevented the downfall of the British East India Company; Caused an extreme monopoly on the importation and exportation of tea
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Series of Acts used to punish the colonies for the Boston Tea party; Boston Port Act, Massachusetts Government Act, Administration of Govt. Act, 2nd Quartering Act, and the Quebec Act
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Two battles fought between the English and the colonists that began with the British soldiers' motive to seize a large amount of weapons stashed by the colonists
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Meeting between delegates from the 13 colonies that began a plan for the revolution and the real start to the United States
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Letter written from the colonies to the English declaring a motion towards independence from the mother country