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Ben Franklin
Plan to create a unified government for the 13 colonies. -
War provided Britain with enormous territorial gains but disputes over subsequent frontier policy and paying for the wars expenses led to colonial discontent
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Told settlers that they couldn’t settle past the Appalachian Mountains to reduce the conflict between the Native Americans.
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Two laws passed by British Parliament that forced local colonial government to provide provisions and housing to British soldiers stationed in the 13 Colonies
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Made money from the 13 colonies by putting a stamp duty on newspapers and legal and commercial documents.
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Stated that the British Parliament’s taxing authority was the same in America as in Great Britain
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Raise money to help pay the cost of maintaining an army in North America by taxing imported goods
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British soldiers shot and killed 5 people while under attack by a mob
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The objective was to reduce the massive amount of tea held by the financially troubled British East India Company to help the struggling company survive
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Political and mercantile protest by the Sons of Liberty against the taxes on tea imposed by the British Parliament “No Taxation without Representation!”
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Series of punitive laws that British Parliament passed after The Boston Tea Party
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Organize colonial resistance against Britain
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Create a continental army
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They were the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War
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13 Colonies asked for peace with Great Britain
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Explaining to foreign nations why the colonies had chosen to separate themselves from Great Britain
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Advocate independence from Britain
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An agreement among the 13 colonies of the United States that served as the first constitution
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Ended the American Revolutionary War