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Battle between America and France. France had the Native Americans on their side. Marked the beginning of hostilities between America and Great Britain.
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Ordered no further western migration beyond the Appalachian Mountains.
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Revenue-raising act to help pay for American colonies.
Reduced the tax on molasses but tacked on additional taxes. -
Taxed colonists by ordering them to buy special paper, stamps, etc. for legal and formal documents.
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The soldiers were permitted to stay in the colonists' homes without the colonists' consent.
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The Stamp Act was repealed in 1766
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Secret organization created to protect the rights of the colonists and to fight taxation imposed by the British.
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In '66, the tax was nixed, but then there came a tax more lame!
The Townshend acts placed a tax on goods! For shame! -
First casualties of the American Revolution
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Loads of unsold tea were shipped to the colonies and sold at bargain prices.
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Colonists threw crates of tea into the Boston Harbor in protest.
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The British soldiers shut down and seized control of the Boston Harbor.
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12 out of the 13 colonies sent delegates to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for a meeting to discuss plans of action.
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"Give me liberty or give me death!"
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First shot fired during the American Revolution, kicked everything off.
