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War between Britain and France.
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To stop the fighting between Native Americans and settlers, Britain passed the Proclamation of 1763.
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Britain sent soldiers to the colonies and the colonists had to house and feed them.
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The colonists' and the British Soldiers' bad feelings for each other erupted into violence.
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Britain kept the tax on tea, so some colonists dumped tea into the bay.
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To punish the colonists for dumping tea into the bay, Britain passed new laws (the Intolerable Acts).
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Thomas Paine published the book Common Sense.
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The Declaration of Independence was signed.