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the compact was created as a set of laws for the puritans.
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the Puritns wanted to cleanse them self of the catholic "impurties"
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Britain decided to put a tax on sugar to pay for supplies.
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In turn for colonists throwing rocks at them, british soldiers open fired, killing 6 Bostonians.
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Colonists were angered at the taxation without representation, so in turn they sank the imported tea.
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the colonists decided to revolt against british rule.
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America declared Independence from England.
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12 years after the U.S. became a country, the set of laws was approved.
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Napolean needed funds to fuel a war, so he sold the Louisiana territory to the U.S.
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