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This treaty is what ended the French and Indian War. France gave up all their land in North America. This ended the threat of the French for the British colonies.
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King George III passed this law to prohibit settlers from moving past the Appalachian mountains.
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It was passed in hope to raise revenue from the colonies.
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The British gained more revenue from the colonies by requiring a stamp on newspapers and other legal documents.
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This act required colonists to provide British soldiers with places to stay and accommodations.
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It lasted until October 25 and took place in New York City. Representatives from several of the colonies met to plan protest for British taxes.
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After months of protest Benjamin Franklin wrote an appeal and British parliament voted to repeal the stamp act.
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This was passed following the repeal of the stamp act. This gave British parliament the same authority in the colonies as in Britain.
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They were proposed by Charles Townshend. Their purpose was to raise revenue in the colonies in order to pay governors and judges to keep them loyal to Great Britain.
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Five colonists were killed when a fight broke out in the streets between some colonists and British soldiers.
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They were Patriot governments formed in response to many of the British policies. They worked as source of communication between the 13 colonies.
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The British parliament passed this to increase tax on imported tea in the colonies which gave the British East India company a monopoly over tea trade with the colonies.
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Members of the Sons of Liberty dressed up as Indians and destroyed an entire shipment of tea from the British East India company.
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They were a group of laws passed after the Boston tea party in order to punish the colonists for what they had done.
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Representatives from 12 of the 13 colonies met in Philadelphia.
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This document was written by the Stamp Act Congress and said that all taxes imposed by British colonists that had not been formerly approved were unconstitutional.
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These two battles were the first military engagements of the American Revolution.
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It was a major battle during the siege of Boston. It was technically a victory for the British, but it made them realize how strong the colonists were.
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It was a petition that hoped for reconciliation between the British and the colonies but King George III refused.
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It was written by Thomas Paine and was a pamphlet that encouraged colonists to want to separate from Great Britain.
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This is the document that announced the thirteen American colonies to be independent from Britain at the end of the war.