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North American populations exploded. By the end of the 18th century, the British barely had people in its colonies.
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British and French colonists were fighting over the control over the control of North America
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The French and Indian War started in 1754. This war was fought in America, Europe, the West Indies, the Philippines, Africa, and on the ocean.
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A crowd of townspeople attacked 10 redcoats and the redcoats opened fired on the civilians, killing 11 of them. The massacre was known as the Boston Massacre.
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A band of Bostonians boarded the ships and dumped the tea into the sea.
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Colonial America was a melting pot for different races such as Germans and Scot-Irish French Huguenots, Welsh, Dutch, Swedes, Jews, Irish, Swiss, and Scots Highlanders.