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Americans were under salutary neglect when trading with England, so the Americans were ignored and did it on their own.

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In the Proclamation of 1763, England passed a law to ensure the colonists would not go past their region, even though they had just won the rights to that land.

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Parliament repealed the stamp act in 1766 due to all of the protests by the colonists.

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The Stamp Act Congress and the sons and daughters of liberty protested the stamp act. The sons of liberty enforced boycotts and put anti- parliament articles in the newspaper.

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The Stamp Act protest's rally cry was "no taxation without representation". The colonists protested this act because England was using the money from taxes on themselves and their army.

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The French & Indian War was started by George Washington. England then took away the colonist's trial by jury.

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Parliament closed the Boston harbor in response to the Boston Massacre, this was called the Intolerable Acts.

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The 1773 Tea Act did not tax the colonists, but instead gave the British the right to sell tea in the colonies. This lead to the Boston Tea Party, where the colonists dumped England's tea overboard.

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On March 5, 1770, the Boston Massacre occurred. British soldiers shot 5 men, killing them, which made England repeal the Townshend act and remove the British troops from Boston.

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The French & Indian War created $106,729,000 of debt for England, so they taxed the colonies.

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The Stamp Act that was passed in 1765 taxed everyone by requiring stamps to be bought for all paper items, such as books, dice, playing cards, newspaper, books, and legal documents.

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The First Continental Congress has their meeting, deciding to stop sending goods to England and boycott all of their goods.

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In 1767, the Townshend Act put taxes on glass, paints, lead, paper, and tea. In 1770 this act was repealed except for the tax on tea.

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The Second Continental Congress was called to create the Declaration of Independence and to officially break away from England.