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The American Revolution was a conflict between 13

British colonies on the eastern seaboard of North

America and their parent country, Great Britain. The

war resulted in the colonies becoming a separate

nation, the United Stated of America. It is also known

as the American War of Independence.

The Seven Years' War left Great Britain with the

expensive responsibility of administering newly

acquired territory in North America. The British

Parliament passed the Stamp Act in 1765 to raise

revenue

to pay a share of the empire's defense costs. The

Stamp Act required the colonists to use specially

stamped

paper for all official documents, newspapers, and

pamphlets. It provoked almost unanimous opposition

among the colonists, who regarded it as a violation of

the right of English subjects not to be taxed without

representation. Riots broke out in colonial cities,

and American merchants pledged not to buy British

goods.

Parliament repealed the Stamp Act in March 1766,......

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