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in 1764 parliament lowers the taxes on molasses in attempt to stop colonist smuggling in goods.
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in 1768 officials sent word to Britain that colonies are on the brink of rebellion.
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Bostonians and soldiers fought on march 5, 1770
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in 1772 Samuel Adams revived the Boston committee of correspondence
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in 1773, three ships loaded with tea arrived in Boston harbor. On December 16, 1773 colonist dressed up as native Americans, boarded the ships and threw 342 chest of tea overboard. they called that the "Boston tea party".
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in 1774, parliament responded by passing a series of laws called the coercive acts (to force someone to do something).
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in 1774 Quakers in Pennsylvanian founded the first american antislavery society
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congress asked the states to organize their governments
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in 1776 the second continental congress appointed a draw up plan for a new central government
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congress adopted the articals, the nations first constitution .
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in 1778 france goes to war againts britian