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Britain was in debt and had to get its money back by taxing the colonies but gave them no representation
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Colonies were not allowed to settle on their own land
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There was a tax on sugar and molasses that the colonists protested about because they had no representation
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Colonists were forced to get stamps on every piece of paper they owned
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Colonists were mad that their people were dead and wanted revenge
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turning the turning point of the road to revolution was the Boston massacre because there was no coming back from killing the colonists and they were not going to forget or forgive the British for what they did to them, even while the colonists tried to make peace with Britain they still wanted to go to war with Britain and they wanted to be free
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Colonists were only able to buy tea from one company owned by the British which colonists got tired of so they decided to take action
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Colonists dumped 18,000$ worth of tea in the Boston harbor
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Britain closed the Boston harbor to punish colonists
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Britain had more experience in war than the colonists did and the British fired the first shot
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They were trying to make peace with Britain but were secretly preparing for war
