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The war started in the Ohio River Valley. They were fighting for land. The French wanted to keep the land for hunting and trapping animals. The Indians wanted to keep living there. The British wanted to destroy the forest for farms. The British won that war. Then the British said the Colonists can not be in the West of App. Mountain.

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Sugar Act: taxed coffee, sugar, cloth
Stamp Act: any document
Townshend Act: taxed tea, paint, glass, lead,

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the Americans responded by boycotting the products so the British would repeal taxes, but later they would just add more.

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The fact that none of the colonists could sit in parliament and vote these taxes.

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Took place in Boston in front of the state house. Many colonists surrounded a few British Soldiers and started to throw sticks and snowballs at the soldiers. In the confusion, the soldiers fire on the colonists.

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Famously, Paul Revere propaganda showing soldiers firing at Colonists.

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The British kept the tax on tea. So the Son Of Liberty dressed up as Indians, boarded 3 ships, and dumped the tea into the Boston Harbor.

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This made British very angry. They added new laws called intolerable Acts.

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When the British was coming to Lexington Samual Adams warned the people in Lexington that Boston were coming. There was 77 Militia against 700 Boston soldiers. 8 Militia died and 1 Boston man was injured.

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The Militia hid near the Boston territory and when the British came back they started to have war again, but this time the Militia won and the Boston men retreated.

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The British came to Concord because they wanted to burn their ammunition. So they started to fight each other. The Concord won the war so then British retreated.

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The Declaration of Independence was written by the 2nd Continental Congress. The main author of this document was by Thomas Jefferson. The colonists wanted a proper government and they also stated that taxes were unfair to them. The