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The signing of the treaty ended the French and Indian war (a.k.a. Seven Years' War).
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An attempt to establish a western border of the thirteen coloines and this made it illegal for colonists to settle west of the Appalachian mountains.
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Parliament passed an act where merchants were required to pay a tax of six pence per gallon on molases.
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A tax imposed on every colonist and required them to pay for tax on every single sheet of printed paper, legal documents, newspapers, and even playing cards.
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Required the colonies to house the British soldiers in places provided by the coloines.
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First meeting of elected representatives from the American colonies in attempt to protest against British taxation.
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A document written by the Stamp Act Congress that declared that the taxes on British colonists without their permission were unconstitutional.
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The British Parliamemt repeals the Stamp Act.
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Parliament repealed the Stamp Act due to the boycotts huring the British trade and made adjustments to the Sugar Act.
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Imposed taxes on glass, paints, paper, and tea imported to the colonies.
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A fight that occured between a Patriot group of people and a squad of British soldiers. This ended in several colonists dying.
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A government organized by the Patriots Leaders of the thirteen colonies shared plans to Britain.
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Forced the colonists to buy tea from the East India Tea Company.
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A political protest by the Sons of Liberty where they destroyed an entire shipment of tea sent by the East India Tea Company.
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The American Patriots' name for the laws passed by the Parliament.
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Meeting of delegates from the colonies which was a response to Intolerable Acts.
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The British army marched from Boston to Concord in order to destroy militiary weapons and were stopped at Lexington.
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Battle fought on Bunker Hill during the Siege of Boston.
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A written petition in attempt to avoid war between the thirteen coloines and prevented more conflict.
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A pamphlet written by Thomas Paine and it inspired people to fight for independence from Great Britain.
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Statement which was written by Thomas Jefferson, delcaring the freedom of the thirteen colonies from Great Britain.