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This was a war that lasted from 1756-1763 but actually lasted 9 years and started in 1754 in the colonies with the help of George Washington. The war was between the French and the British, with the natives being allied with the French. It was a war over the land in the Ohio river valley, which the French Occupied. The British wanted the land, and asked George Washington, who at the time was working for them, to peacefully confront the French about it. He did not. He fired on Fort Duquesne, and started the war. This forced Britain to crack down on the laws in the colonies. This war was won by Britain, but at a cost. They had a debt of $106,729,000 at the time, which lead to taxes in the colonies. The Proclamation was basically a proclamation line that said the colonists could not cross over to the land that they just won. This angered the colonists, along with another repercussion of the war, the stamp act.

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The stamp act was a tax passed in March of 1765, 2 years after the French & Indian war. It was a tax on paper goods like, newspapers, playing cards, books, dice, etc. It was put in place to help pay off their debt from the French & Indian War. The tax was passed unfairly since the colonists had no say in Parliament, spawning the famous saying, "No taxation without representation". One way the colonists protested this was through the Stamp Act Congress. This was created with representatives from each state united together in protest. This was one of the first times all the colonies had worked together. Another Act of protest was the formation of another group called the Sons of Liberty.

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The Sons of liberty were created in the summer of 1765, before the Stamp act had officially been enacted in November of 1765. They were a group of protesters that enforced boycotts and created organized protests. They printed anti-parliament articles in the newspapers which added fuel to the embers which were America. Some famous rebels in the Sons of Liberty were Samuel Adams, Paul Revere, and John Hancock. All of the colonists efforts did not go without reward; the stamp act was repealed in 1766.

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The next tax put into place by Parliament was the Townshend act in 1767, which put "duties" or taxes on glass, lead, paper, paint, and, most famously, tea. The colonists were not about to get yet another tax placed on them after they had just gotten rid of the last one. They protested and rioted yet again, and soon enough, the Townshend Act was repealed in 1770, but not completely. The tax on tea had still remained.

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The Boston Massacre occurred on the 5th of March, 1770. A guard was being harassed by a group of angry rioters, and requested help. Backup came, soon enough, but did not calmly ask the mob to disband or go away. They shot into the crowd, killing 5 people. They were considered some of the first casualties of the revolutionary war. The soldiers were put on trial, but were not charged of anything, thanks to the trial being heavily weighted in their favor. This did provide an opportunity for the colonists, as the British were forced to remove soldiers from Boston.

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The next act was not put into place until 1773, 3 years after the Boston Massacre. This was not actually a tax, since they had never repealed the tax on tea from the Townshend Act. This act created a monopoly on Tea in the colonies, so the colonists could only buy tea from the British East India Company. Some reasons for this act would be that the East India Tea company was losing a lot of money, and the British needed some way to get back at the colonists, creating The Tea Act. This act lead to one of the most famous  acts leading up to the Revolutionary War, The Boston Tea Party.

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I never actually realized how funny the name "Boston Tea Party" sounds if your're talking with someone who has no context about this event. It just sounds like the colonists had a nice little tea party with Britain to sort things out. This is obviously not what happened though, due to all the events leading up to it creating immeasurable amounts of anger in the colonists towards Britain. On the night of December 16, 1773, the colonists dressed up as Native Americans, boarded a British East India Co ship and dumped all of the cargo off into the Boston Harbor. This Enraged the British leading to their next act, The Intolerable Acts.

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These acts were put into place because Britain was done messing around with the colonists. They were put into place on May 20th, 1774 in groups, and said they would close the Boston Harbor and colonists would have to allow British soldiers to quarter in whoever's house they wanted. There was not a lot the colonists could do in response to this, as the British soldiers could come to their house and destroy all their possessions without penalty. This act had yet again, another group which formed out of protest, The First Continental Congress.

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The First Continental Congress, founded in October 26th, 1774, created one of the first embargoes on British goods; the colonies would not accept British goods, and would export nothing to England. All this tension between the two forces kept rising and rising until it actually broke out into war. The first shot, aptly named the "shot heard 'round the world" was fired in the battle of Lexington & Concord, right outside of Boston. The first continental congress was just a way that the colonists could officially boycott goods, but in the midst of war, it couldn't help any more, so what did the colonists create in response of war breaking out? The Second Continental Congress.

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The Second Continental Congress was created in May of 1775, as the official governing body of the Revolutionary forces. They were officially the first people to break ties with Britain, creating and signing the Declaration of Independence. I'd guess that they were pretty good at governing since we won the war.