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In the Boston Tea Party colonists got mad at the Britain taxes so they boarded 3 ships and threw 342 boxes of tea in the Harbor.

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Was a war fought between the colonists, who fought for Britain, and the Native Americans, who fought for the French. Natives joined French due to them not taking over their native land and the trading of furs for weapons. Ended with British victory and left French with no territory in the North America.

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The Stamp Act was implemented by the British Parliament that put a tax on all printed materials. There was to be a stamp on all printed materials in the colonies.

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The first gathering of elected representatives from the 13 colonies to form a protest against the British taxation.

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A series of acts passed by British Parliament that imposed taxes on glass, lead, paper, paints, and tea imported into the colonies. Many colonists saw these taxes as an abuse of power.

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The killing of 5 protesting colonists by British soldiers. This enraged the colonists and caused tensions to rise even higher than before.

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The British Parliament passed an act that taxed all imported tea in the American colonies after the Boston Tea Party

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To show their disliking of the Tea Act, a rebel group called The Sons (and Daughters) of Liberty dressed as Native Americans and threw tea into the Boston Harbor. The Intolerable Acts were put into place as a result of this.

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These were acts passed by the British Parliament that were established to punish the colonists for the Boston Tea Party. They were:
1. The Boston Harbor was to be closed until the ruined tea was paid for.
2.  All officials were appointed by the government, not elected by the colonists.
3. Soldiers that were on trial were sent to Britain to be tried.
4. Citizens were forced to quarter soldiers inside of their homes.

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Declaration of Independence (July 4, 1776)

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Declaration of Independence (July 4, 1776)

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Thomas Jefferson is credited for writing it, but he really plagiarized ideas from John Locke and Thomas Paine. Gives people the right to overthrow a poor government. People are born with "natural" rights.

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This treaty ended the Revolutionary War. It granted the US freedom from Britain. It also gave the Americans land east of the Mississippi River, north to the Great Lakes, and south to the Florida state border. The Spanish controlled land west of the Mississippi River.