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Even though we are fighting for freedom, we will lose many people fighting the British. We will gain the freedom to trade with who we want, and we wont have to worry about taxation without representation if we win

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The American colonists relied on the manufactured goods of the British and the British relied on the raw materials found in America

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If we go to war we will lose access to the British Market. This will be detrimental to small merchants who rely on British buyers

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If we go to war we will lose access to the British Market. This will be detrimental to small merchants who rely on British buyers

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England uses our trees to build their ships

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England uses our trees to build their ships

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women and children will loose their loved ones.

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Boston Tea Party occurred because the British took away all of the previous taxes except the tax on tea. This offended them because the colonists felt that tea was a common good that shouldn't be taxed.

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They made us care for and house the British soldiers that were controlling and limiting our freedoms in our own communities and markets. If we did not allow them to come into our homes ourselves, they would forcefully break into our homes and insert themselves into our lives.

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If we do not go to war, America would continue to fight with Britain and our freedoms would be denied. 

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If we do not go to war, America would continue to fight with Britain and our freedoms would be denied. 

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We will gain economic freedom in that we will be able to trade outside of England

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If the colonials go to war it will change everything 

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If the colonials go to war it will change everything 

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It will change their trade and income, change the amount of production being produced because no one is going to buy it outside of the country due to mercantilism.

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Families on the frontier were evicted from their homes because this act stated that colonists had to keep economic ties with Britain and avoid Native American confrontations

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"shot heard round the world

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If we go to war we have to realize that we are fighting agaianst the most powerful military in the world.  They are well trained, and we are just a random group of men fighting with little to no experience

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If we go to war we have to realize that we are fighting agaianst the most powerful military in the world.  They are well trained, and we are just a random group of men fighting with little to no experience

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The use of rum to purchase African slaves

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The use of rum to purchase African slaves

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The King deployed hundred of soldiers to enforce his laws under the banner of "protection" when really the soldiers were only there to keep order in the colonies, not protect them from anything.

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The Colonists dumped tea into the harbor trying to end the tax on tea.

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Red Coats being brought over to in force taxes. 

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Red Coats being brought over to in force taxes. 

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after the navigation acts, no other nations have maintained strong trade relations with the Americans except by smuggling.

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Colonials will be unsatisfied with the taxes and will continue to rebel

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War would divide Americans between patriots and loyalists.  It would divide neighbors

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They unified as colonists to defend themselves against the British

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Both Britain and the colonies make a large majority of their money from exporting goods. British do this and impose taxes. (40% of all British exports were to the colonies)

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prevention of colonists moving west

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More economic freedom but no guaranteed markets

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More economic freedom but no guaranteed markets

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Paul Revere traveled ahead of the Red Coats to Lexington and was able to warn the colonists that the British were on their way. It helped the colonists prepare for the battle.

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We must realzie that some families have single parents with children. Some chilldren will be left alone to fend for themsleves if their dad goes to war.

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if we go to war we wont have the British army protecting us

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if we go to war we wont have the British army protecting us

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If we go to war, some of the colonist won't want to break away from England and it will cause conflicts throughout the colonies

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If we go to war, some of the colonist won't want to break away from England and it will cause conflicts throughout the colonies

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If we go to war, we will have a rough time because the British a well trained and ours are mainly volunteers who have a no experience other  than a common goal to defeat British

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at Lexington, this was the first major standoff between an armed militia and the Red Coats, a blatant act of war and rebellion, in Boston the continental congress stated that if there was a direct attack on a colony it would mean war, and Lexington was this direct attack.

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The British provide protection for the colonies at no cost to the colonists if we go to war we lose that resource

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The British provide protection for the colonies at no cost to the colonists if we go to war we lose that resource

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announcing that that the British were coming.

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The Boston Harbor provided 200 ships a year to the British. The British supplied more that 1 million dollars worth of tea to the colonists through that port.

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if we go to war we lose our main buyer of products but if we don't we do not get the opportunity to trade with other countries and maybe make more of a profit

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if we go to war we lose our main buyer of products but if we don't we do not get the opportunity to trade with other countries and maybe make more of a profit

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if we go to war, it'll be on our land , in our backyards, etc. we would lose many innocent lives in the crossfire

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Americans are forced to trade only with British under Mercantilist economic policiy

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We decided to start a Continental Congress

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We decided to start a Continental Congress

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This was the first step to American democracy

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rode overnight to announce thboston massacre

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The American tobacco and ship building industry Benefit from having a monopoly over the British market

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The American tobacco and ship building industry Benefit from having a monopoly over the British market

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And the colonists lose, the British will never give the colonists freedom because of the damage they would cause to the British military.

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sense of british nationalism among some colonists

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sense of british nationalism among some colonists

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we wont always have a buyer of our goods

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Paul Revere and his midnight ride warned the colonists about the red coats coming

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Paul Revere and his midnight ride warned the colonists about the red coats coming

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The Boston Massacre occured on King Street by the British,  on March 5, 1770, in which British Army soldiers shot at a mob that had gathered and were harrassing the redcoats

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The Boston Massacre occured on King Street by the British,  on March 5, 1770, in which British Army soldiers shot at a mob that had gathered and were harrassing the redcoats

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Including George Washington, Patrick Henry, and John Adams.

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British helped defend America during French and Indian War

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British helped defend America during French and Indian War

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We had the basic British rights, but we did not have representation in taxes

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We had the basic British rights, but we did not have representation in taxes

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War is expensive. We must have the funds for the materials we need for warfare.

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redcoats are there to hault expansion beyond ohio river valley 

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redcoats are there to hault expansion beyond ohio river valley 

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keep an eye on colonists as well

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although gaining the freedom of trading with who we would like, we would lose the guarantee of selling our tobacco and other cash crops even if the market is over saturated.

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The British shut down the Boston Harbor until the damages were fixed. This caused a major tension because 1/3 of all products came through the Boston Harbor.

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we have a chance of gaining our freedom and becoming our own people

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The intolerable acts shut down  the Boston harbor costing the jobs of many American citizens

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The intolerable acts shut down  the Boston harbor costing the jobs of many American citizens

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ability to expand westward into the ohio territory

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ability to expand westward into the ohio territory

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April 19th 1775
Lexington militia defend against the British

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our economy could be at risk because of our trade with England of tobacco.

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Colonists that were loyal to the King provided useful information on where to find the militi"s supplies

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Hancock refused to pay taxes on his wine import and sparked the tension between the

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Boston creates the first newspaper allowing colonists from each of the colonies to know whats going on. 

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Boston creates the first newspaper allowing colonists from each of the colonies to know whats going on. 