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Colonists taxed heavily/tea, stamp, and sugar acts
The king believed that he had the right to tax the colonist to help pay for the war.
The colonists believed that they should not have to pay taxes to someone 6000 miles away.
They began to protest a fight back against the englishBoston Massacre
It was an incident were the British killed five Americans
It was started by a patriot mob
It started when the colonist began to throw things at the British soldiersThe Boston Tea Party
It was to protest the high taxes on tea
It was worth over 1.7 million dollars worth of tea
They were on the ships for more than 3 hoursFirst Continental Congress
It was held in Philadelphia
Georgia was the only colony that was not represented
They decided the colonies would boycott all British goodsThomas Paine Writes Common Sense
It was a 49-page pamphlet advocating independence from Great Britain
It challenged the authority of the British government
Nearly 120,000 copies were sold by aprilDeclaration of independence
56 delegates signed the declaration of independence
It declared that the colonies were now independent from Britain.
there are only 26 known copies todayPerioden
French and Indian War
The French and Indian war was a war that was fought by the English and the French.
It was called the 7-year war.
England wins the war and is in a lot of debt.
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