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Tax placed on all paper goods by the British to help pay for the French and Indian war. It was also imposing a stamp duty on newspapers and legal and commercial documents
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Forbidden the American colonist to settle west of the Appalachian mountains.
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Provide the British soldiers with any needed accommodations or housing. It also required colonists to provide food for any British soldiers in the area.
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Declaratory act stated parliament had the right to tax the colonist at anytime. It stated that the British parliaments taxing authority was the same in America as Great Britain.
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Document that declarations the independence of the United States from Great Britain; written by Thomas Jefferson. It was basically a formal explanation of why congress had voted to declare independence.
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Townshend act placed taxes on imported materials such as glass ,lead, paint, paper, and tea. Townshend is a series of measure introduced into the English Parliament by Chancellor.
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Incident where five colonist were killed by British soldier. Also it was a key event in helping to galvanize the colonial public to the patriot cause.
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Network of individuals that kept people informed throughout the colonies. Also, provisional Patriot emergency governments established in response to British policy.
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Granted the British East India company tea a monopoly on tea sales in the American colonies.
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Incidents where the sons of Liberty dumped large amounts of British tea into the Boston Harbor. It was a protest by the American Colonists against the British in regards to the tea taxes that had been imposed on them.
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Series of punitive laws passed by the British parliament. They were meant to punish the Massachusetts colonists for their defiance.
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The opening of the American Revolutionary war. Also, the assassination of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria.
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Advocating independence from great Britain to people in the thirteen colonies.
