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Britain wanted to avoid conflict with Native Americans, so Colonists were forbidden to cross Appalachian Mountains.
Colonists were angered by the British presence and being told what to do -
The british put taxes on sugar to pay thier debt from the war.
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Tax on legal documents, newspapers, wills, and basically every piece of paper used, the british did this to also pay off thier debts on the war.
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The british put taxes on everything, like paper, crops, and tobacco.
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A rioting mob confronted British soldiers at the Boston Customs House
Tensions rose and shots were fired into the crowd, killing five colonists -
the Sons of Liberty dumped 90,000 pounds of tea into Boston Harbor.
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Colonists could not hold town meetings
Port of Boston closed
Customs officials tried in Britain -
700 British Troops reached Lexington.
70 militiamen were waiting.
British ordered Americans to drop their muskets and they refused.
No one knows who fired first, but within a few minutes 8 militiamen were dead.
British marched to Concord, destroyed military supplies and engaged in a battle where they were forced to retreat.
4000 minutemen and militiamen lined the road from Concord to Lexington and shot at the “redcoats” as they retreated back to Boston.
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