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French and Indian War Ends. England now controls Canada and lands west of Appalachian Mountains to the Mississippi River
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Restricted colonial settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains
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Small import tax on sugar and molassas
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Required colonists to provide shelter and board to British soldiers upon request
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Legal and illegal actions taken by the Sons of Liberty to opposed British taxation. This included burning stamp houses, tar and feathering British officials, harassesing tax collectors, boycotting,
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Tax imposed by Britian placing a charge on all paper products purchased in the colonies. This included newspapers, contracts, etc.
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Series of taxes passed on paper, lead, paint, textiles, glass, sugar, tea and other products
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Conflict in Boston between colonials and British soldiers - turned into a propaganda campaign against the British by patriots bent on causing conflict
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Patriots dumped 342 chests of tea into the harbor- 24,000,000 cups or 92,000 lbs of tea. Todays value is equal to 1,000,000 dollars
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Meeting of delegates from all 13 colonies to discuss what to do about the Intolerable Acts
