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Major events leading up to the Revolutionary War
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*between French & England, ends the French and Indian War or Great War for Empire
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*Parliament passes Proclamation restricting colonial settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains
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*lead to first boycott of British goods
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*means to pay for British troops in America
*in response, Stamp Act Congress meets in New York
*Sons of Liberty protest
*Virginia House of Burgesses passes Virginia resolves -
*reasserting British power
*Restraining Act suspends New York assembly until it will pay taxes for quartering of troops--around same time -
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*4 workers shot by British troops stationed in Boston
*labeled massacre by Patriots, hugely successful piece of propaganda -
*except for tea!
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*Patriots dressed as Indians protect against the Tea Act by dumping crates of tea into the Boston Harbor
*in reponse Britain passed the Coercive/Intolerable Acts, closing the Boston Harbor, suspended the MA assembly & banned town meetings, amended the Quartering Act, and added the Quebec Act, limiting territory -
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*Minutemen force British back to Boston
*action is taken, violence has broken out--is there any turning back now? -
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