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"Join, or Die"" was a political cartoon and woodcut created by Benjamin Franklin in 1754. It was designed to unite the American colonies against the French and their Native allies at the start of the French and Indian War. It is thought to be the first political cartoon that advocated unification of the colonies.

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The Proclamation Line of 1763 was a British-produced boundary marked in the Appalachian Mountains at the Eastern Continental Divide. Decreed on October 7, 1763, the Proclamation Line prohibited Anglo-American colonists from settling on lands acquired from the French following the French and Indian War.

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the Sugar Act cut the duty on foreign molasses from 6 to 3 pence per gallon, retained a high duty on foreign refined sugar, and prohibited the importation of all foreign rum.

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the British Parliament passed the Stamp Act to help pay for British troops stationed in the colonies during the Seven Years' War. The act required the colonists to pay a tax, represented by a stamp, on various forms of papers, documents, and playing cards.

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A meeting was held in New York, consisting of representatives from some of the British colonies in North America. It was the first gathering of elected representatives from several American colonies to devise a unified protest against new British taxation.

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the repeal of the Stamp Act was successful because Britain realized the distinction between internal and external taxes. Parliament had tried to extend its authority over the colonies' internal affairs and failed but continued to collect duties in its ports to regulate trade and as revenue.

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The Declaratory Act, passed by Parliament on the same day the Stamp Act was repealed, stated that Parliament could make laws binding the American colonies "in all cases whatsoever."

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The Townshend Acts were a series of measures, passed by the British Parliament in 1767, that taxed goods imported to the American colonies.

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British East India Company had to pay a tax per pound of tea sold which added to the company's financial burdens. The Tea Act aborted this restriction and granted the British East India Company license to export their tea to the American colonies.

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honestly don't know what to say for this one

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The Intolerable Acts were a series of punitive laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774 after the Boston Tea Party.