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=== American Revolution === | === American Revolution === | ||
* after French-Indian War the British exercised more control over the American Colonies | |||
** forbade (prohibited) settlement in "Indian Territories" = lands west of the Appalachians | |||
** required colonists to trade only directly with England | |||
** increased taxes | |||
** required "stamps" (marks of official permission) for legal and commercial actions | |||
* the Colonists objected to the new controls | |||
* Colonists began to circulate "pamphlets" (essays) that | |||
** objected to the new taxes and controls | |||
** declared philosophical reasons for liberty, equality and self-government | |||
=== Revolutionary War === | === Revolutionary War === | ||