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A war between the French and Great Britain in which the British came out Victorious.
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A tax on sugar to add revenue to fund enlarged British responsibilities.
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A tax on stamps made by the British Parliament. The colonists appealed it and helped encourage a revolutionary movement.
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Two more acts from the British Parliament stating that you must allow food and housing for British soldiers.
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A series of taxes on the colonies to add revenue to the British.
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A deadly riot that went from a street brawl to a slaughter fest when British Soldiers killed by colonists.
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Another act of the British Parliament that made colonists angered, this act eventually led to the Boston Tea Party.
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A protest by the Sons of Liberty when they went onto British boats and dumped hundreds of chests full of tea into the Boston Harbor.
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Passed by the British Parliament to punish the colonists for the Boston Tea Party.
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A meeting between 12 of 13 delegates of the colonies that created the United States.
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A battle between the Colonists and British, it was the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War.
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A document written by Thomas Jefferson, this document granted the colonists freedom and was the start of the United States of America.