Britain imposed a variety of revenue measures including the Stamp Act and Tea Act (1 gen 1763 anni – 1 gen 1776 anni)

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The colonist, in part influenced by European Enlightenment ideas, rejected these taxes on the principle that they lacked representation in the Parliament that imposed them

Colonial protests against this taxation provoked a series of measures designed to pressure the colonist into compliance.
- These measures included military occupation, closure of Boston harbor, and the suspension of colonial governments

1776
The escalating conflict between Britain and the colonies culminated in the Declaration of Independence which was issued by the Second Continental Congress after a series of attempts at compromise failed.
- The Declaration of Independence, written by Thomas Jefferson, put the ideas of Enlightenment thinkers like John Locke into practice.

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