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war broke out between colonists and the english military in april of 1775. the second continental congress was called in 1776, where they decided to officially declare total independence from britain, aka the declaration of independence. the second continental congress serves as the government for the 13 colonies for the rest of the war.

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so, before all these tariffs showed up and all the colonists freaked out, there was a policy called SALUTARY NEGLECT.  but then, after the french and  indian war, there was a whole lot of debt to make up; 1/3 of britain's total budget. so they thought they would be sneaky and put the STAMP ACT in place.

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in response to the intolerable acts, the colonies form the first continental congress. they voted to boycott all taxes and british goods, and export nothing to england.

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in response to the boston tea party, parliament gets really mad and closed the boston harbor. this act also allowed british troops to go annoy people in their houses and stay with them.

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in protest of the tea act, a bunch of colonists joined together, stole a LOT of tea, dressed up as native americans, because that makes you unrecognizable, right? they dump all the stolen tea into the ocean, over $1 million worth.

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this was not a tax. it gave the british east india company the power and the right to hold a monopoly and sell tea in the colonies.

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ok, just to start off with,
"massacre" is a strong word. 5 people died. a squad of english soldiers came to help a guard being harassed by crowds. they killed 5 men. the soldiers were put on trial, but acquitted. their lawyer was john adams, which i find hard to believe, because literally no one likes john adams. this forced england to take troops out of boston, and repeal the townshend act.

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in 1967, britain placed "duties" (a fancy word for taxes) on glass, lead, tea, paper, and paints. it made everyone SO MAD that it was repealed eventually in 1770, except for the tax on tea.

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they were groups formed to protest the stamp act. the daughters of liberty was later formed as a sister organization. the sons of liberty enforced boycotts and planned protests. in the newspapers, they trashed parliament. and eventually, in 1766, britain repeals the stamp act.

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almost every single one of the 13 colonies sent a representative to congress to protest the stamp act.

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the stamp act was the first direct tax on the colonists that made money for england. they also used this money to keep a standing army in the new world.

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this became the war cry of the colonists, who believed that only local assemblies should be able to tax them.

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this is where the money issues come in; the war created crazy amounts of debt for britain; the war cost them $106,729,000. this is also where the STAMP ACT comes in.

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the name of this war is MISLEADING. you would think it was a war between the french and the natives? nope. it was a war between france and england/the colonies. the natives in the colonies were sick of the colonists, so they helped france out in the war, and won.

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the war forced britain to crack down on smuggling. they tried colonists in admiralty courts, which took away their right to a trial by jury of their peers.

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they lost.

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george washington was sent to go talk the opposing side down, and was told NOT to fire shots. but, what he did was, he fired shots, realized what he did, and had his men make a makeshift fort, named fort necessity. it looked like this:

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passed in 1765, the stamp act required stamps to be bought for every paper item, including newspapers, books, legal documents, playing cards, and dice. this taxed literally everyone, so everyone got pretty mad.

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this meant that britain didn't really regulate taxes on the colonies and were pretty lax on trade and such