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The French and Indian war 1754-1763

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Placed taxes on sugar, wine, coffee, and other products commonly exported to the colonies.

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All paper items (playing cards, books, etc.) bought/sold in colonies were stamped with stamp mandated by the British monarchy

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Parliament had no authority to tax them

without colonial representation in that body

but they remained loyal to the king

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Parliament Repealed the Stamp Act and

revised the Sugar Act in 1766.

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New taxes on imports of paper, paint, lead, glass, and tea.

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A group of British solider shot and killed five colonists after being aggravated.

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1772 - Committees of Correspondence Form 

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1772 - Committees of Correspondence Form 

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British East India Company Tax (May 10, 1773)

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British East India Company Tax (May 10, 1773)

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A monopoly on tea sales in the American colonies was granted to the British East India Company.

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protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston

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September, 1774, 56 delegates, Declaration of Rights and Resolves, agreed on a series of resolutions to oppose the Coercive Acts, and to establish a formal organization to boycott British goods

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A meeting that took place May 10, 1775 of delegates from the thirteen colonies that United in the American Revolutionary War.

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1775

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Declaration of Independence Adopted (August 2, 1776)

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Declaration of Independence Adopted (August 2, 1776)

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Held September 11-14, 1786. A meeting aimed towards constructing parameters to regulate trade between states.

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Shay's Rebellion - August 1786–February 1787

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Shay's Rebellion - August 1786–February 1787

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Shays led a force of about 1,200 men into series of violent attacks on courthouses and other government properties in Massachusetts. It started when the government of Massachusetts decided to raise taxes which highly effected the farmers.