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Eventually the colonist and British military broke into war in April 1775 called the Battle of Lexington. The 2nd congress was called in 1776, broke ties with Britain, and then came, THE DECLARATION OF INDE

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Colonies voted to boycott al british goods, which met export nothing to England.

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Parliment passed laws to close the Boston Harbor.

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Colonist boarded the B.E.I.C ships in Native American costumes and dumped the tea over board in protest to the Tea Act

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This act was not a tax, it gave the British East India Company the right to sell tea in the colonies.

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A group of British soldiers came to the help of a guard who was reported to being harrassed by an angry crowd. The soldiers fired, killing 5 men. This incident forced the british to remove troops from Boston and repeal the Townshend Act.

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Britain placed taxes/duties on glass, paints, lead, paper, and tea. It was repealed in 1770, for everything except Tea.

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In 1766 the Parliament repealed the stamp act

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They formed to also protest the stamp act. They enforced boycotts and printed anti-parliament articles in the newspaper.

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These group of people were not happy about this, so the colonist sent different representatives to the congress so they could side in protest against the stamp act.

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This act was made to raise some money for England and to keep a good army, but it also was a DIRECT tax on colonist. The colonist were not happy with this and hell soon followed after

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3. Protest, Taxes, and The Road To The Revolution

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3. Protest, Taxes, and The Road To The Revolution

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The Stamp act was passed in 1765, required stamps to be purchased for all paper items, taxing everyone. With this came " NO TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION"

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After the war, the British were put deep into debt, so they needed to tax their colonies. They passed a law that said colonist could not move into the region, causing colonist to be infuriated because they won the war but couldn't keep the land.

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This started by George Washington with conflict between the French and British. Forcing Britain to crack down on sneaking.