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The French and Indian War pitted the colonies of British America against those of New France, each side supported by military units from the parent country and by Native American allies
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declared by the British crown at the end of the French and Indian War in North America, mainly intended to conciliate the Native Americans by checking the encroachment of settlers on their lands.
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The Sugar Act 1764, also known as the American Revenue Act 1764 or the American Duties Act, was a revenue-raising act passed by the Parliament of Great Britain on 5 April 1764
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the British Parliament passed the "Stamp Act" to help pay for British troops stationed in the colonies during the Seven Years' War
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The Boston Massacre was a confrontation in which British soldiers shot and killed several people while being harassed by a mob in Boston. The event was heavily publicized by leading Patriots such as Paul Revere and Samuel Adams
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The Boston Tea Party was an American political and mercantile protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston, Massachusetts
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The laws were meant to punish the Massachusetts colonists for their defiance in the Tea Party protest in reaction to changes in taxation by the British Government
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The Boston Port Act was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain that became law
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The Continental Congress was a series of legislative bodies which met in the British American colonies and the newly declared United States just before, during, and after the American Revolution.
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The United States Declaration of Independence is the pronouncement adopted by the Second Continental Congress meeting in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
