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The war solidified Britain's hold on to continent. this was important because several European countries became involved. It changed the relationship between the colonies and Britain, and left Britain in debt.
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Benjamin Franklin proposed a plan uniting the colonies called the Albany Plan of Union. It was rejected. This was important because latter on colonists began thinking of themselves as Americans united by them to British authority. Colonial leaders began to take political action.
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In 1763, at end of the French and Indian War, the British issued a proclamation,mainly to conciliate the Indians by checking the settlers on their land.
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.Parliament passed a new and changed version of the Sugar and Molasses Act. which was about to expire. ... The Sugar Act reduced the rate of tax on molasses from six pence to three pence per gallon
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this law was passed to make people give food and a home to the British soldiers when needed.
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The Stamp act was a Parliament of Great Britain which imposed a direct tax on the British colonies in America and required a stamp on paper produced in London, having a large revenue on stamps
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The Boston Massacre in which British soldiers shot and killed several people while being harassed by a mob in Boston.
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In response to the Tea Act patriots dressed as American Indians and dump British tea into the Boston Harbor.
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A lot of laws also called the Coercive Acts passed by Britten in response to the Boston Tea Party.The laws were meant to punish the Massachusetts colonists for their defiance in the Tea Party and protest in reaction to changes in taxation by the British to the detriment of colonial goods.
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The finale Declaration of Independence was approved on this date. John Hancock, the president of the congress, was the first to sign it. Which was followed by the signatures of all 56 delegates. this was a statement by a nation’s people asserting their right to choose their own government. The document's actual title was "The unanimous Declation of the thirteen united States of America."
