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http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/related/frin.htm England declared war on France, however fighting had been going on between England and France had been going on for years in North America.
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http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/related/proc63.htm
At the end of the French and Indian War, the British issued a proclamation intended to conciliate the Indians by checking the Enroachment of settlers on their land. The law stated that colonists could not move past the Appalachian mountians which led up to the war. -
http://www.history.org/history/teaching/tchcrsta.cfm
The colonists had to pay a stamp tax on all legal documents.
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[http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/related/townshend.htm](http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/related/townshend.htm)[http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/related/townshend.htm](http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/related/townshend.htm) The Townshend Acts imposed duties on glass, lead, paints, paper and tea imported into the colonies. In 1770, Parliment repealed all the Townshend duties except for the tax on tea,
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http://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/boston-massacreA group of patriots began to bother the British Soldiers at the customs house. Eventually the British soldiers called in backup. When the backup got there they were also yelled at and had snowballs, sticks, and stones thrown at them. One soldier fired into the crowd and more shots followed from the soldiers. Eventually, 3 colonists were killed on the spot and 8 were injured. 2 colonists that were injured died later on. The deaths in the is event are said to be the first fatalities of the war.
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http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/related/teaact.htm The Tea Act twas designed to save the faltering East India Company from bankrupcy.This was done by greatly lowering the tea tax they paid to Britain.Parliament responded with a series of harsh measures intended to stifle colonial resistance to British rule; two years later the war began.
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http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-boston-tea-party On this day a group of Massachusetts colonists dressed as Mohawk Indians and boarded three ships that had boxes of tea.The colonists dumped 342 boxes of tea into the Boston Harbor. This pushed the sides closer to war.
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http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/american-colonies-declare-independence It advances a theoretical case for revolution, discusses human rights and the nature of national sovereignty.
It sets out a precise list of the specific complaints which the American colonists had against the actions of the British government over the last decade and a half.
It declares the 13 British colonies on the east coast of North America independent on 4 July 1776.
