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London, to ease relation with Native Americans, sets boundaries for colonies. The colonists, though, are not happy with Britain limiting their expansion.
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Britain replaces its uninforced tax on molasses with a new one that is actually enforced.
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By taxing stamped papers inside the colonies, Parliament crosses the line from taxing imports to invading the colonists' lives.
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After merchants in the Americas stopped buying imported goods in protest, the British economy forced Parliament to repeal the tax.
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As London starts more heavily taxing American imports, reorganizing the customs system, and forcing colonies to supply soldiers, American merchants once again make pacts to not import.
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British soldiers trying to enforce the Townshend Acts fire on taunting civilians; Sam Adams uses this to stir up American opposition.
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Lord North, faced with severely injured trade, repeals all the Townshend Acts, but keeps the Sugar Act.
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When the East India Company was given exclusive reign over the American Tea Trade, the colonists protested. They ransacked tea ships in Boston Harbor.
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Britain, in response to the Tea Party, passes acts designed to punish Boston. They also add in an angering act giving Quebec the colonies' Western land.
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The friendly relations reach a breaking point; the colonies unite to issue a declaration to England. Massachusetts starts stockpiling weapons for the coming war, and the Revolutionary War begins.