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Only English ships could go to England. North American ships could only export things like tobacco to them. Brought down North America’s exports.
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England Defeated France and the Native Americans. The British were bankrupt and made the colonies pay for the war.
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Direct tax on the colonists. Things such as legal documents must have a certain stamp on them. Colonists got mad they weren’t represented so why are they being taxed.
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A riot. Started with a British soldier and a colonist. Used by patriots to show how violent the British were.
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Helped east India tea company survive. Allowed them to ship tea directly to the colonies.
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Colonists three a shipment of tea in Boston harbor to rebel against the tea act.
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Punish the colonists after the Boston tea party. However it just made them more upset. Closed Boston harbor
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Representatives from 12 of the 13 colonies except for Georgia met to organize a resistance against the British.
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Unavoidable war began between the colonists and British troops in Massachusetts.
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The continental Congress met for a second time to set up a continental army with George Washington in command. They needed this to fight the British.
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Congress wrote the declaration of independence to declare independence from Britain.
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This battle was the first American win and also the first turning point in the war. This battle persuaded France to join Americans.
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General Washington held the troops that were suffering from cold hunger and disease together as a team.
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This battle caused the British war effort to crumble. Washington made the British army surrender.
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The leaders of the Colonies met together to create the Constitution of the United States of America.
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The authors of the US Constitution got their work approved. This document has remain in its place for over 200 years.
