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This was an act that was placed solely on tea. The reason that Britain made this tax was for the British East India

company's sake. They were struggling to stay in business and the tax money would help them. It was also

supposed to lower the prices of smuggled tea. It was meant to be threat to make them think that they had to

buy Britain's tea or they'll raise the price even more. The colonists were angered by this because they had tea

very frequently.

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                                                                                        Common Sense (1776)

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                                                                                        Common Sense (1776)

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This was a pamphlet made by Thomas Paine. It was about his ideas on how the colonies didn't owe any loyalty

to the crown. It also mentioned how trade in the colonies had gotten worse because they had to keep paying

the price for all the wars that Britain had with other nations. Overall, it explained how much independence

would help America's future and what needed to be done to achieve it. Thus, it was "Common Sense" to break

off from Britain. This pamphlet became widely known and was extremely popular. Copies were sold in many

places like taverns and meetings.

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                                                                            Second Continental Congress (1775)

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                                                                            Second Continental Congress (1775)

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This was the second meeting of the delegates from the 13 colonies except Georgia again. Once again, they

decided on a non-violent solution. They decided on a petition. They created the Olive Branch Petition. They put

an olive branch on it because it was an ancient greek symbol for peace. But when King George III got it, he only

wanted to "bring the traitors to justice". But while making the petition, the congress also took on a more violent

action. They made the Boston militia into the the Continental Army. They also made a man from Virginia named

George Washington, the leader of the Army.

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                                                                                                     Battles at Lexington and Concord (1775)

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                                                                                                     Battles at Lexington and Concord (1775)

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These were two battles between the british soldiers and the colonies militia. It all started when British General Gage got a tip from a

loyalist, that the militia was secretly storing arms and gunpowder in Lexington. Paul Revere and William Dawes rode through the night

warning people that the regulars are coming. They both took separate routes and then met up at Lexington. they also met another patriot

named Samuel Prescott. But on their way to Concord, Revere was captured and Dawes lost his horse. But Prescott managed to escape

and warn the minutemen in Concord. Then in the morning of April fifth, the British arrived. They met the 77 colonists on a plain in

Lexington. No one knows who shot first, but it would later become known as "the shot heard round the world". The militia was

overwhelmed by the s heer numbers and their amount of experience. The colonists retreated and the British troops advanced further.

When they reached Concord however, they were surrounded by hundreds of prepared colonists. They pushed the soldiers back, while still

chasing them and shooting at them.

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This was a meeting of delegates from all of the colonies except Georgia. They convened on September 5, 1774 at

Carpenters Hall in Philadelphia Pennsylvania.. There was a variety of numbers of delegates from each colonies depending on either how much they wanted to be heard, or on how populated the colony was for there to be so

many delegates to represent their i deas. They discussed how they wanted to fight Britain in their own ways. Some

called for a peaceful resolution. While others wished for a war. They ended up deciding on a peaceful resolution

and began to boycott the british goods until they agreed to repeal the Intolerable acts.

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                                                                              Intolerable Acts (1774)

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                                                                              Intolerable Acts (1774)

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These were a group of four laws that were to punish the colonists (mostly the ones in Massachusetts)

for the Boston Tea Party. The British solely made these acts just to show that they still controlled the

colonies and to punish them. One law closed down the Boston Harbor, the most crucial point of trade

from the colonies. The other two were to place more british troops in Massachusetts and enforce all

of these new laws. The last one was that the british soldiers that were involved in the Boston Massacre

were to be tried in England, not in a colonial court. These acts angered the colonists and found these

acts unfair and boycotted and protested against these laws.

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                                                                            Boston Tea Party (1773)

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                                                                            Boston Tea Party (1773)

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After all of the protests from the colonists, Britain repealed all taxes except the Tea Act. The colonists still

thought that this tax was unfair and committed a crime to prove their point. This was an act done by

the colonists t hat were still enraged about this one tax. The colonists disguised themselves as Native

Americans to board the three tea ships unnoticed. Then they dumped 45 tons of tea into the Boston Harbor.

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                                                                              Boston Massacre (1770)

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                                                                              Boston Massacre (1770)

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The Boston massacre was an event that happened on March 5th 1770 in Boston, at Providence

Massachusetts Bay. Citizens were gathered around a group of British soldiers that were guarding the

tax money that belonged to the king. The mob of colonists were jeering and throwing things like

snowballs and sticks at the solders. The soldiers got hit; and then confused, accidentalyshot into the crowd

and killed five people. This was then made into an over exaggerated engraving made by Paul

Revere that he printed into his newspaper, the Boston Gazette. When the other colonies saw this,

they were angerd. This caused them to hate Britain even more while joining together to try and

overthrow their reign on them

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                                                                               Declaratory Act (1766)

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                                                                               Declaratory Act (1766)

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This act repealed the the other acts made prior to this one due to boycotting and protests. It

caused the British to lose money. The British repealed the other acts to keep the colonists paying

taxes on tea and to prove that the British Parliament still had power over all of the colonies. This

lead up to the American Revolution because the colonists were still mad because they still had'nt

repealed the Tea act.

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This act placed a tax on sugar and molasses. It raised the prices on these items

and caused the colonists to pay more for it. This act also caused the colonists to

become more unified by boycotting this. They started to boycott in hopes of

the British lowering the prices back to normal.

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This act made the colonists shelter and feed the British troops in their own homes. It also let more

soldiers come over so that they could enforce all of the laws. This angered them because it seemed

unfair that they had to shelter the solders when they could've just live off of the money

the king could have provided for their own food and shelter.

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                                                  Townshend Acts (1767)

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                                                  Townshend Acts (1767)

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This act placed taxes on items like glass, paint, tea, paper, lead, and

alcohol. The tax on tea really angered the colonists because they used

these items frequently and did not pay more for these everyday items.

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This act imposed a tax on any merchandise printed on paper. Also on other everyday items

like legal documents, newspaper, pamphlets, cards, and dice. Since paper especially was

used very frequently in those days, they became angry at this law. The colonists also

started to boycott in protest against the unfair prices on such common items.

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These were laws that prevented the colonies from trading with any other country besides  England. These acts also

caused mercantilism. This meant that the colonies were to get all of their raw metals and ship them to Britain in a

colonial ship. Then, Britain would turn the raw  materials into manufactured goods. After they shipped them bak to the

colonies, they were to be sold at an even higher price. An unbalanced system of trade. This lead up to the

Revolutionary War because the colonists though that they should be able to trade with whoever they wanted and

found that this act was unfair. They also found mercantilism unfair because they could have just had a colonial

craftsman make the manufactured goods instead of shipping them all the way to Britain where they can be manufactured instead.

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                                                             The French and Indian War (1754-1763)

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                                                             The French and Indian War (1754-1763)

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This was the war in which the Native Americans and the French fought against the British

and the colonists. The war started in 1754. The war was won by the British and colonists

in 1763. This lead up to the Revolutionary War because King George III taxed the colonists

for the war expenses for troops and supplies. The colonists were taxed without their own

consent and during one of the unfair acts, the famous quote "No Taxation Without

Representation" was born.

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