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King George lll following Great Britain's acquistion of French territory in North America following the end of the French and Indian wars with the peace of Paris, which concluded the 7 years' was in Europe and the French Indian war in America.
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The new tax was imposed on all American colonists and required them to pay a tax on every piece of printed paper they used.
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Required the colonies to house British soldiers in barracks provided by the colonies.
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Stated that the Parliament's authority was the same in America as in Britain and asserted Parliament's authority to pass ;aws that were binding on the American colonies.
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Were designed to collect revenue from the colonists in America by putting customs duties on inports of glass, lead, paints, paper and tea.
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Pre-revolutionary incident growing out of the anger against the British troops sent to Boston to Maintain order and to eforce the toownshend acts.
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railed colonial opposition against British policy and established a political union among the 13 colonies.
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Granted the British East Indian company tea a monopoly on tea sales in the American Colonies.
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Was a violent protest by American Colonists against King George lll's rule in America
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Were passed by the British Parliament in 1774 as punishment for the destruction wrought during the Boston Tea Party.
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Hundreds of British troops set off from Boston toward concord, Massachusetts, in order to seize weapons and ammunition stuckpiled there by American colonists.
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Written by Thomas Paine, advocating independence from Great Britain to people in the 13th colonies.
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Written by Thomas Jefferson and adopted second continental congress, states the reasons the british colonies of North American sought independent in July of 1776.
