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| 1760- Legal paper that gave officers the right to search any building for any reason. |
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| 1763- Laws that said colonists could not settle west of the Appalachain Mountains. |
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| 1764- Tax on molasses in order to make English products cheaper than those from the French West Indies; Taxation without representation. |
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| 1765- Colonists had to house soldiers and provide them with supplies; It was an inconvenience. |
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| 1765- Tax on legal documents; They were taxed on items they used everyday. |
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| 1777- Tax on glass, paint, paper, lead, and the tea brought into the colonies. |
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| 1770- Group of colonists were teasing British soldiers when they fired into the crowd and shot five colonists. |
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| 1773- Protest against Tea Act; Colonists dressed up as indians and dumped all the tea in the harbor. |
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| First Continental Congress |
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| 1774- Met to discuss trade with British and beginning to train soldiers. |
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| 1775- Minutemen were ordered to lay down weapons and refused; eight colonists were shot. |
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| 1775- Courthouse was burned down, supplies were destroyed, and British were forced to retreat. |
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| Second Continental Congress |
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| 1775- Met to discuss whether they went to war or not. |
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| Declaration of Independece |
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| 1777- Resons colonists wanted to seperate from Britain and charges against the King. |
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| 1777- Pamphlet written by Thomas Paine that inspired colonists to want their freedom. |
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