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The British had a tax on tea already, but the government made it that only British Tea Companies could sell the tea. They also lowered the amount of tea because the companies had a monopoly, so tea smugglers went out of business.
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The English and the French battled for colonial domination in North America, the Caribbean, and in India.
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The proclamation declared that the boundaries of the settlements of the thirteen colonies would be Appalachia.
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The proclamation that meant that every time someone wanted to buy a paper product you had to use a stamp.
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The riot began when about 50 citizens attacked a British sentinel. A British officer, Captain Thomas Preston, called in additional soldiers, and these too were attacked, so the soldiers fired into the mob, killing 3 on the spot, Samuel Gray, James Caldwell, and wounding 8 others, two of whom died later, Samuel Maverick and Patrick Carr.
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Thomas Hutchinson allowed 3 ships full of tea into the harbor. Colonists dressed up as Indians and threw 342 boxes of tea into the harbor.
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After the French and Indian War the British Government decided to get greater benefits from the colonies. The colonies were charged with greater taxes without any representation in Britain.
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Five people; including Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, and Thomas Jefferson, wrote the declaration of independence.
