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| Loose supervision of the colonies by the British Government |
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| Colonist could only trade with England & use English ships. |
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| England vs. the French & Indians, The English win |
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| Gave colonies to England & the French left. |
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| Colonist were not allowed to go west over the Appalachian mountains. |
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| The British soldiers were allowed to search any ship they wanted to without a warrant. They looked for people smuggling things from other countries |
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| Tax on legal documents and official papers |
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| Samuel Adams & John Adams. They spoke out for revolution against the British government |
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| 5 people shot and killed in Boston |
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| Tea dumped into the Boston harbor and ships burnt down in a form of protest against tea tax. |
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| Coercive Acts(British)/Intolerable Acts(Colonist) |
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| Tax on everything done to punish Boston for dumping tea into the harbor |
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| Allowed British soldiers to move into colonist's homes. |
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| Sent a letter to the King or Britain asking nicely to be treated fairly |
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| Men who could be ready to fight in a minutes notice |
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| Formed the Declaration of Independence on July 4th 1776 |
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| Wrote the Declaration of Independence, Got his ideas from John Locke and Jean Jacque Rousseau. |
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| Natural Rights (Life, Liberty, and Property) |
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| Wrote the common sense (A pamphlet asking the colonist to revolt against England) |
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| Colonist for Independence |
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| British admit defeat and give America to the colonies |
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| Articles of Confederation |
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| 1st government in the United States that created individual states |
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| Constitutional Convention |
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| Its purpose was to rewrite the Articles of Confederation |
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