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Delegates from nine colonies met in New York in October of 1765. They distributed a  declaration saying that the Stamp Act was a violation of their rights and liberties. The Stamp Act was later repealed in 1766.

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The Boston Port Act was passed on March 31, 1774. The act would close the port until the city of Boston payed the East India Tea Company for all of the tea that had been destroyed.

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In 1774, twelve of the thirteen colonies sent representatives to the First Continental Congress as a direct response to the Intolerable Acts. The representatives sent a petition to King George III to reverse the Intolerable Acts, but there was not response.

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The Currency Act regulated paper money that was issued by the colonies of British America. This act was meant to protect British merchants from being paid in depreciated colonial currency

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The Quartering Act of 1765, outlined the locations and conditions, where British soldiers needed to find room in the American colonies. The act required the colonies to house the British soldiers in barracks that were provided by the colonies.
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/parliament-passes-the-quartering-act

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The Sugar Act was passed in 1764 by Parliament with the goal of raising 100,000 pounds. It was equal to one-fifth of the military expenses in North America. The Sugar Act lowered the duty on the foreign produced molasses from six pence per gallon to three pence per gallon. This act was intended for discouraging smuggling.

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On October 7, 1763 the British government issued the Proclamation of 1763 which forbade colonists from settling the land west of the Appalachian Divide. The Proclamation also forbade private citizens and colonial governments from buying land from natives or making agreements with them. The proclamation was intended to prevent another war like the French and Indian War. It was also intended to keep the colonists near the coast.

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The Boston Tea Party was a protest that occurred in 1773 by colonists in Boston going against the Tea Tax that was made by the British government. Boston patriots attacked three British ships in the Boston harbor and dumped 342 containers of tea into the harbor.

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The Boston Massacre was a street fight that occurred on March 5, 1770. The fight started out with one solider and a group of colonists. The crowd threw snowballs, and shouted insults. A small number of troops later arrived. The soldiers fired into the crowd resulting in a total of 5 casualties.
http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/related/massacre.html

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During the time period of 1754-1763 George Washington led an army against the French for the control of the Ohio River Valley and to trade with the Native Americans who lived there.
https://www.eduplace.com/ss/socsci/books/content/ilessons/51/ils_gr5b_u4_c07_l1.pdf

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Searching for new ways to tax the American colonies, Prime Minister Grenville proposed the Stamp Act in 1765. The act made the colonists pay for an official stamp, or seal when they bought paper items such as legal documents, licenses, pamphlets, playing cards, and newspapers.
Prime Minister Grenville*

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There was a Boston town meeting in May of 1764 when the local leader Samuel Adams agreed with James Otis, a colonial lawyer. They believed that Parliament could not tax the colonists without their permission.
James Otis*