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The ending of the French and Indian War in North America.
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Under the Molasses Act colonial merchants had been required to pay tax for a six pence per gallon on the importation of foreign molasses.
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New tax was imposed on all American colonists and required them to pay a tax on every piece of printed paper they used.
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Several colonists were killed and the event led to a campaign by speech-writers to rouse the ire of the citizenry.
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A series of unpopular policies and tax imposed by Britain on her American colonies.
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A political protest by the sons of Liberty.
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Revolutionary war and were the first military engagements.
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First major battle war of Independence during the Siege of Boston in early stages.
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A pamphlet written by Thomas Paine. Inspired people from thirteen colonies to declare and fight for Independence.
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A statement adopted by the Continental Congress meeting at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and thirteen American colonies, then at war with Great Britain.
