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A war between the French and English, with the help of Indians on both sides. This war was caused by George Washington.
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King Charles didn't want the people in the southern colonies to settle past the Appalachian mountains, so he created a proclamation to ban people settling there.
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Taxes were raised on all paper products to help supply materials for the war. This includes the paper stamp you had to buy to prove you payed the extra tax.
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British legislation tried to end the smuggling trade in sugar and molasses from the French and Dutch West Indies.
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The colonists protested against the Stamp Act, so they made the Townshend act. This raises taxes on glass, lead, tea, paper, and other items.
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Fight between a Patriot mob and British soldiers. Five colonists died in the fight.
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The Tea Act was an act made to reduce the huge amount of tea held by the financially troubled British East India Company.
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A protest by The Sons of Liberty, in which they boarded ships and threw chests of tea in the Boston Harbor.
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Laws passed by the British government after the British Tea Party. The laws were supposed to punish the colonists in Massachusetts for their defiance in the Tea Party protests.
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A meeting of delegates from 12 of the 13 colonies that created the United States.