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The Treaty of Paris 1763 ended the French and Indian War, and ended France as a power in North America huttohistory.wikispaces.com
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King George lll passed a law that says settlers can not go west of the Appalachian Mountains www.haikudeck.com
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Parliment passed the Stamp Act which taxed all printed items including cards stamptitude.com
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On the same day Parliament repealed the Stamp Act, they wrote the Declaratory Acts, which said Parliament had the right to tax and make decisions for the colonists whenever they wanted. http://adamfletcherseries.com/
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These acts made it so colonists would have to pay taxes on British items such as tea, paint, and lead. The Colonists had to pay these taxes at the port. This made colonists want to boycott British goods. http://www.history.com/
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In Boston, colonists were having problems with the British solders being violent and the colonists decided to start throwing sticks and stones at the solders.One fell and the solders started firing and killed 5 defenseless and innocent people. http://www.history.com/
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The Tea Act allowed the East India Tea Company to go straight to the shopkeepers and sell the tea at a lower price. It was a sneaky way of getting the Colonists to accept the Tea Act. The colonists thought it was another attempt to control them. www.haikudeck.com
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The colonists weren't happy that Parliament passed the Tea Act so Sam Adams and his Sons of Liberty snuck on the ships at nighttime, dressed up as Indians and threw 342 chests of tea overboard. wikia.com
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To punish Boston for having the Boston Tea Party, King George lll and Parliament passed laws that violated colonists rights as English Citizens. Those laws closed Boston Harbor, banned all town meetings, required colonists to quarter British soldiers and provide them with the basic needs, and allowed British officers to be tried in another colony when accused of crimes www.haikudeck.com
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Representatives from each state, including Sam Adams met in Philadelphia to talk about problems they'd been having with Great Britain. They voted on asking Parliament to repeal all 13 acts they had sent since 1763. They also voted on boycotting all British goods and not allowing American goods to be shipped to Great Britain. http://mrnussbaum.com/
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Paul Revere and others went west to warn colonists that the British were coming wikispaces.com
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The "shot heard around the world". The British armies were trying to stop the Colonists. The Colonists had militias in Concord and Lexington to slow down the British and make them run out of gunpowder for the Battle of Bunker hill. http://www.shsu.edu/
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The 2nd Continental Congress met in Philadelphia and most of the same people were there from the 1st Contenintal Congress, but there were new people like Ben Franklin there. They decided to declare Independence from Britain even though they knew they were far away from Independence. They couldn't stop because Patriots thought the war has already started. www.boundless.com
