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At the end of the Seven Years War, the British Colonies were in debt. They needed to start taxing to pay for the cost of war, and to pay to maintain their army.
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King George created this law that stated that colonists could not move west over the Appalachain Mountains. This angered the colonists.
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British Parlement imposed a law on the colonists that taxed 54 types of paper. This included: playing cards, newspapers, and licenses.
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Nine of the thirteen colonies sent people to New York to discuss the Stamp Act. They decided that the Parliment could not tax the colonists because the colonists had no representaion. This is where the famous qoute, "No taxation without representation" originated from.
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The Parliment passed more taxation laws, this time, putting tax on tea, glass, and paint. This enraged the colonists even more.
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The colonists and the British army finially went head-to-head in Lexington and Concord, Massachusetts.
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The Declaration of Indenpendce, written by Thomas Jefferson, was approved by the Second Continental Congress. This began the American Revolution.
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After the Americans were defeated by the British, France, Spain, and the Dutch Rebublic joined forces with the Americans to get revenge on the British.
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The British general was forced to surrender to the French and American Army at Yorktown; this was the end of the war.
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This treaty, signed by King George, recongized the American colonies as independent. This treaty also states that any territory west of the Appalachian Mountains until the Mississippi River was part of the colonies.
