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began in 1754 and ended with the Treaty of Paris in 1763. 1754 – 1763 stated and end
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It forbade all settlement west of a line drawn along the Appalachian Mountains, which was delineated as an Indian Reserve.
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in sugar and molasses from the French and Dutch West Indies and at providing increased revenues to fund enlarged British Empire responsibilities following the French and Indian ...
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. Ship's papers, legal documents, licenses, newspapers, other publications, and even playing cards were taxed.
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They placed new taxes and took away some freedoms from the colonists including the following: New taxes on imports of paper, paint, lead, glass, and tea.
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Prior to the Boston Massacre the British had instituted a number of new taxes on the American colonies including taxes on tea, glass, paper, paint, and lead.
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The act granted the company the right to ship its tea directly to the colonies without first landing it in England, and to commission agents who would have the sole right to sell tea in the colonies.Nov 9, 2009
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They staged the protest by boarding three trade ships in Boston Harbor and throwing the ships' cargo of tea overboard into the ocean. They threw 342 chests of tea into the water. ... The British knew who had destroyed the tea.
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The laws were meant to punish the Massachusetts colonists for their defiance in the Tea Party protest in reaction to changes in taxation by the British to the detriment of colonial goods.
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The First Continental Congress was a meeting of delegates from 12 of the 13 British colonies that became the United States.