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The war was fought between the colonies of British America and New France. At the start the French colonies had 60,000 compared to the English who had 2 million.
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The stamp act was passed by the British parliament on March 22,1765.the new tax required colonist to pay tax on all paper,documents and licenses.
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Taxes on glass, paint, oil, lead, paper, and tea were raised on taxes. Crowds attacked the office forcing the officials to retire.
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The troops were constantly tormented. Finally there was a riot which killed five men.
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They through all of the tea into the harbor to protest tax on tea.
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The purpose of the act was not to raise revenue from colonies.
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Law was passed for British parliament after the British tea party.They were punished for throwing the tea into the harbor.
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Hundreds of British troops attacked from Boston to Concord. Many more battles followed, but in 1783 the colonist finally won their independence.
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Was a convention of delegates from the thirteen colonies.the second congress managed the colonial war.
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Common sense led into there independence. Pamphlets were used to spread information.