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This act prevented colonists from selling their most valuable products to other countries other than Britain. The Navigation Act, as well as other trade laws, helped merchantilism.
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This war was fought by the french and english over ownership of the new American land. Both countries wanted to colonize the area but the british came out victorious.
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Britain expectied america to help pay for the debt of war. Parliament passes the Stamp Act, which was when the americans had to pay for a special stamp to be put on newspapers, wills, and other things.
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The Boston Tea Party was an act of rage by the american people over the heavy taxation. To rebel, they dressed up as indians and threw all the tea from England into the Boston harbor.
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Representatives from all the colonies exept Georgia met in Philadelphia to form the first continental congress.
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British soldiers and American soldiers fought thier first battle at the Battle of Lexington. Then fighting spread to Concord.
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The second continental congress issued the Declaration of independance, written by Thomas Jefferson, in 1776.
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The french helped the Americans fight off the British by entering the american revolution.
