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Main conflict occured during 1756-1763
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British troops take Alcide and two other ships
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First real action to take place against the French by the British
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Britian tries to take French fort on the Ohio River Valley
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French and British troops meet
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Declines to raise war revenues through taxation
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Came about in hopes to halt bribery practiced by colonist trying to avoid the Molasses Act <a href='http://www.nhinet.org/ccs/docs/writs.htm' >
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Convinced that the expansion of British trade and national influence depended on the taxation and administration of the North American colonies
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Banned the use of paper money as a legal tender in all colonies
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Lowered the duty to 3 pence and made the British sugar industry competitive without completely wrecking the mainland export trade or distilling industry
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Colonist were required to buy stamps from royal collectors and attach them to a wide variety of printed material
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Colonial delegates issued the Stamp Act Resolves
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Imposed taxes on glass, paint, lead, paper, and tea imported into the colonies
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Granted virtual monopoly over the British tea market and allowed direct sales access to colonies
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Massachusetts Patriots disquised as Indians illegally boarded the Dartmouth and dumped 342 chest of tea into the harbor Eyewitness
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Passed in response to the Boston Tea Party and it reinstated British dominion over the colonies <ahref='http://americainclass.org/sources/makingrevolution/crisis/text7/text7.htm' >
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Met in Philadelphia and passed the Declaration of Rights saying that Parliamentary Acts pertaining to America were void
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Encouraged individual colonies to adopt new governments and formally sever all ties to the English Crown
