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The writs were first introduced in Massachusetts in 1751 by James Otis
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King George lll had representitives at the U.S to end the American Revolutionary War. Signed the Treaty of Paris
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King George III send the Proclamation to North America for the British fighting with the French in the French and Indian war for seven years
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British Parliament in 1756 that exacted revenue from the American colonies by imposing a stamp duty on newspapers and legal and commercial documents.
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British Parliament that accompanied the repeal of the Stamp Act. It stated that the British Parliament's taxing authority was the same in America as in Great Britain.
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imposed duties on glass, lead, paints, paper and tea imported into the colonies. They had pay taxes for the tea they wanted.
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A fight broke out with the Patriots and the British soldiers when the Patriots were throwing snowballs, stones, and sticks. One of the colonist knock down one of the soldiers with a stone and the other soldiers shot several colonist.
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Final straw in a series of unpopular policies and taxes imposed by Britain on her American colonies.
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a group of Patriots led by Samuel Adams known as the Sons of Liberty dressed up like indians and through the tea off the ship and spilled in the ocean.
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This punish the colonists for the Boston Tea Party. American Patriots' term for a series of punitive laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774.
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The first Continental Congress met in Carpenter's Hall in Philadelphia. Carpenter's Hall was also the seat of the Pennsylvania Congress. All of the colonies except Georgia sent delegates.
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Paul Revere was sent for by Dr. Joseph Warren and instructed to ride to Lexington, Massachusetts, to warn Samuel Adams and John Hancock that British troops were marching to arrest them.
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The Battles of Lexington and Concord were the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War.Paul Revere and other riders sounded the alarm.
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Second Continental Congress met at the State House in Philadelphia. There were several new delegates including: John Hancock from Massachusetts, Thomas Jefferson of Virginia, and Benjamin Franklin from Pennsylvania.
