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SOURCEThe trial of New York Editor John Peter Zenger who was accused of seditious libel for printing anti-government articles but by the efforts of his appointed lawyer Andrew Hamilton the charges were dropped.
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SourceAlso known as the Albany Conference was an early effort of the British colonies to prepare for the inevtability of The French and Indian War.
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SOURCEAlso known as the French and Indian War in America it was a conflict fought over in the colonies for the Ohio territory which contained important trade routes and land.
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SOURCEA treaty signed by the French,English,and the Spanish in order to put an end to the Seven Years War.
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SOURCEAlso known as Pontiacs War Ottowa Chief Pontiac leads the simultaneous Indian confederacy attack on all the British forts in the west.
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SOURCEParliament law passed that put a duty(tax) on sugar and increased restrictions on colonial trade and commerce.
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SOURCELaw passed by parliament to raise revenue in America and it placed taxes on stamped paper which was used very often by the colonists so naturally the tax was inconvenent.
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SOURCEAfter various colonial riots and unrest the British Parliament repeals their Stamp Act of 1765.
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SOURCEBritish Parliament declares their taxing authority is the same in America as it is in Britain this act was alo accompanied by the repeal of the stamp act.
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SOURCEA riot that had formed due to the increasing unrest and resentment of British presence in America.The colonists assailed and assualted the british guards until they were ordered to fire upon them.Allm the guards involved were then sent back to Britian to be tried and charged.
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SOURCEAn act passed by parliament to assist the financially moribund East India Trading Company but, instead only kindled the flames of revolution.
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SOURCEOne night colonist radicals disguised as mowhawk indians boarded ship's in Boston Harbor and dumped 342 chests of tea in the ocean.
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SOURCEOne of the Intolerable Acts,this act prohibited the entry and leaving of ships in the Boston Harbor until the town fully paid the East India Company its dues incurred by THe Boston Tea Party.
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SOURCEApart of the intolerable acts this act required delegates to be personally chosen by the king instead of being formaly voted upon.
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SOURCEPart of the intolerable acts this act gave immunity to British officials in colonial courts , thus allowing them to subdue the colonists without interuption
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SOURCEOne of the intolerable acts this act requried that newly stationed british military be given quarters(in both public and private establishments) and sustance.Not only did this encroach upon the privacy of the colonists , it was an overall burden to everyone.
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SOURCEOne of the intolerable acts , it established a permanent government in the new territory taken form France,the government was royal and had an appointed council , it also gave the Cathlic Church privileges over state.This along with other changes made the government authoritarian and anti-republican and it showed the full power of British parliament.
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SOURCEA meeting of delegates form most of the colonies in response to th Intolerable Acts,the Declaration and resolves gave the congress its course and it began its opposition of british rule.
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SOURCEOne of the first fights of the American Revolution, it occured due to the marching of British troops into Concord for a reported arms cache.They were met by colonial militiamen , eventually the British fled under heavy fire.
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SOURCEGathered in Philedelphia,Penneslyvania the congress is tasked with making an offical organized domestic army from the loosely knit colonial militia factions.
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SOURCEBenedict Arnold and Ethan Allen seize the British Fortification , one of the first American victories in The Revolutionary War and it provided much needed artillery for the Americans.
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SOURCE British General William Howe eventually overwhelms American forces after two attacks thwarted by Patriot General William Prescott.The result Britian's firm control over Breeds Hill and the Charlestown Peninsula.
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SOURCEThe last attempt of America to make ammends with England,around this time much of America was still dependent and familiar with Britian in the case of ecnomic stability.Which was the primary reason they did not wish to cut off ties with Britian.
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SOURCEAmerica officialy declares its independence from Britian , written by Thomas Jefferson , voted upon and signed by Delegates from 12 states the exlcuded being New York.
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SOURCECommon Sense By Thomas Paine is published , he was noted for using simple fact , plain arguement , and common sense in his arguements.
