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•The British went to war with the French and Indians and won after 7 years
•The British had then made the Proclamation which said the land was reserved for the Native Americans.
•Which made the Colonists angry because they fought for this land just for them not to be able to move their.
•This was because the British didn't want to fight the Native Americans and wanted tighter control over the Colonies.

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•The British were in deep debt from the French and Indian War.
•So they passed a tax called the Stamp Act.
•Colonists had to purchase a stamp for printed materials to prove that they had paid.
•This made the Colonist angry because a tax was passed without their say in it.
•This was the first time the 13 colonies met and made decisions as a group because they all felt so against the Stamp Act.

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•The Quartering Act required colonists to put British soldiers in their homes.
•The colonists had to provide a place to stay, food, fuel, beer, candles and transportation.
•This continued to make the colonists angry because another unjust taxation was made without their say.

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•Charles Townshend passed this act that taxed, glass, lead, paper, and tea.
•The tax was indirect because it was collected at seaports before reaching the colonial stores.
•This was passed due to Britain being in debt from the war.

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•A group of 9 British soldiers were enforcing taxes in Boston.
•Colonists were angry because of the new taxes and started throwing snowballs, stones, and sticks at the soldiers.
•One of the soldiers fired a shot which started a chain reaction of guns firing.
•5 colonists were killed.

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•Parliament passed the Tea Act, which gave the British East Indies company a complete monopoly of the American tea business.
•The Colonists were angry that this act was put into action without their opinion.
•The Sons of Liberty dressed up as native Americans and dumped 340 chests of tea into the harbor.

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•The British passed the Coercive Acts because of the Boston Tea Party.
•The British hoped to force the Colonist the pay for all the lost tea.
•The Coercive Acts closed the Port of Boston and enforced Military Rule in all of Massachusetts.
•The Legislature and Town Meetings were suspended.
•The colonists thought this was intolerable because this law punished all the colonists even though it was only committed by a few colonists. The Port of Boston was very important because this was their source of goods and services.

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•The British Army set out from Boston to capture rebel leaders Samuel Adams and John Hancock in Lexington.
•They were also sent to destroy the Americans supply of weapons and ammunition in Concord.
•This ended in gunfire which killed 273 British soldiers.
•This battle would spark the American Revolutionary War.

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How did the colonists move from loving their country to be willing to die for their independence?

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How did the colonists move from loving their country to be willing to die for their independence?

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The colonists went from loving their country to be willing to die for their independence because of all the countless unjust taxes and acts that were passed without their say in it. Such as the Quartering act, the Stamp act, the Townshend act, the Tea act, and the Coercive acts. They were tired of not having a voice and they became so frustrated that they were willing to die for their independence.