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British are looking to move to and populate new land.
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Virginia House of Burgesses passes Virginia Resolves: denied Parliament's right to tax colonies; went against Stamp Act
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The British parliament announces that no settlement can take place anywhere to the west of the Appalachian Mountains
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A tax on importing sugars, wine, and coffee; Molasses tax had already been levied in 1733; Sugar tax was half of molasses tax; Colonists refuse to pay.
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British troops must be supplied with living quarters; bedding; food; rum; beer; cider.
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Major step in uniting colonies against British; Nine colonial delegations agreed that there would be no taxation with no representation.
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States that Britain has the right to pass laws regarding the colonies.
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A fight that broke out between British soldiers and an angry mob of colonists. Despite it being called a massacre, only five people were killed. Three at the scene and two later on. One of the people who died wasn't acknowledged in pictures made for being black.
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Because the British started taxing lead; glass; paper; paint; tea.
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Gave monopoly for BEICT in tea sales in American colonies. Unfair advantage at expense of colonial trades.