Taxation and Mercantilism- belief in the benefits of profitable trading; commercialism.
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It pitted the colonies of British American against those of New France:
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the end of the French and Indian War, the British issued a proclamation,mainly intended to conciliate the Indians by checking the encroachment of settlers on their lands
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Parliament passes the Quartering Act, outlining the locations and conditions in which British soldiers are to find room and board in the American colonies.
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an act of the British Parliament in 1765 that exacted revenue from the American colonies by imposing a stamp duty on newspapers and legal and commercial documents. Colonial opposition led to the act's repeal in 1766 and helped encourage the revolutionary movement against the Crown.
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An Act of the Parliament of Great Britain, which accompanied the repeal of the Stamp Act
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placed an indirect tax on glass, lead, paints, paper, and tea, resistance led to boston massacre
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An incident in which British Army soldiers shot and killed five people while under attack by a mob
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A political and mercantile protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston, Massachusetts
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the taxation of the tea infurated colonists and led to the boston tea party, which in turn led to the revolutionary war.
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A meeting of delegates from twelve of the Thirteen Colonies who met at Carpenters' Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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A series of punitive laws passed by the British Parliament after the Boston Tea Party:
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First military engagements of the American Revolutionary War
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Continental Congress adopts the Olive Branch Petition, appeals directly to King George III and expresses hope for reconciliation between the colonies and Great Britain
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a convention of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies, managed the Colonial war effort and moved incrementally towards independence.
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a pamphlet advocating independence from Great Britain to people in the Thirteen Colonies.
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A 12-by-18 foot oil-on-canvas painting by American John Trumbell depicting the presentation of the draft of the Declaration of Independence to Congress
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The original constitution of the US
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signed in Paris by representatives of King George III of Great Britain and representatives of the United States of America on September 3, 1783, ended the American Revolutionary War.